Swedish man who was the mastermind behind the that infected over half a million systems around the world was sentenced to almost five years in a U.S. prison on Tuesday. Alex Y..cel, 25, owned and operated an organization called “BlackShades” that sold a sophisticated and notorious form of software, called RAT, to several thousands of hackers and other people in more than 100 countries for prices ranging from $40 to $50. BlackShades malware was designed to capture keystrokes, steal usernames and passwords for victims’ email and Web services.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/06/blackshades-malware-creator.html