Baku – APA-Economics. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) jointly with the Russian Interior Ministry has stopped illegal activities of a computer hacker group involved in the creation, distribution and use of malicious software, the FSB Public Relations Centre told TASS on Wednesday.
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"Using this software, the perpetrators have stolen more than 1.7 billion rubles ($25.7 mln) from accounts of Russian financial institutions," the FSB said.
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Based on the FSB operational materials, the Investigation Department of the Russian Interior Ministry opened a criminal case.
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The Russian Interior Ministry and FSB have detained 50 hackers, more than 80 searches have been conducted,