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Four extradited Eastern European men have pleaded guilty in U.S. court to one count of conspiring to serve as administrators of a bulletproof hosting service that

An international investigation has led to cyber criminals who had been based in Estonia, had been operating well over a decade and were part of a much wider multi-million dollar cyber crime network to trial, with the three men, all in their thirties, potentially facing up to 20 years in a US jail, daily Postimees reports.  The FBI worked in cooperation with its German, U.K. and Estonian counterparts in the investigation, which led to the apprehension of four men, three of them based in Estonia, one in Lithuania, who had used malware to attack U.S. financial institutions, other businesses and...

Lithuanian man sentenced in US for 'providing safe-haven' to cybercriminals 6 Cyber attack (associative image) / J. Stacevičius/LRT A Lithuanian national is among four men who have pleaded guilty to cybercrimes that targeted banks and companies across the United States, resulting in millions of dollars of losses, the US Justice Department said on May 7. The four men – Aleksandr Grichishkin, 34, and Andrei Skvortsov, 34, of Russia; Aleksandr Skorodumov, 33, of Lithuania; and Pavel Stassi, 30, of Estonia – provided so-called “bulletproof hosting” services to a network of cybercriminals...

The small organization has been led by four East European nationals that pleaded guilty to conspiring to cyber-crime activities and “engage in a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) arising from their providing ‘bulletproof hosting’ services between 2008 and 2015”. The hosting services have been used by cybercriminals across the globe to distribute malware and attack financial institutions and private persons across the United States. Official documents released to the public show that Russian nationals Aleksandr Grichishkin, Andrei Skvortsov, as well as the Lithuanian Ale...

Heinz-Peter Bader / reuters Four individuals behind a "bulletproof hosting" site have pleaded guilty to US racketeering charges, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced. The service, designed to accommodate criminal activities and help clients evade detection, was founded by Russians Aleksandr Grichishkin and Andrei Skvortsov. The other two parties are Lithuanian Aleksandr Skorodumov and Estonian Pavel Stassi, who worked as admins on the site.  The site provided multiple clients with the infrastructure to "gain access to victims’ computers, form botnets, and steal banking credentials...