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Computerworld: Man Sentenced to 110 Years for Hacking, Extortion

A North Carolina man last week was sentenced to 110 years in prison after admitting hacking into computers used by young girls. He and a co-conspirator used illicitly gained data to blackmail them, prosecutors said. The Bifrost trojan horse allows hackers to view information and download other malware onto a victims computer, it also enables him to pop messages up on their computer screen. The hackers would harvest her contact list of email addresses, so they could then target other girls.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121934/computerworld–man-sentenced-to-110-years-for-hacking–extortion.html

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