TechHive: Blackhole malware creator in custody, Russia confirms

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Blackhole malware creator in custody, Russia confirms Dec 15th 2013, 16:39, by John E Dunn, Techworld.com The first photograph shows a slightly overweight young man standing in front of a white Porsche Cayenne, cigarette in hand, expression uneasy. In a second he appears to be reading a charge sheet as a masked military policeman in black stands guard in the background. Could this confused-looking individual really be the creator of one of the most successful and feared cybercrime tools of all time? Group IB This is purportedly the hacker called Paunch. As previously reported, now confirmed by Russian police, the still-unnamed 27-year old man is said to be 'Paunch' (his nickname), arrested on 4 October with a dozen others in the city of Togliatti, accused of programming the hugely successful Blackhole Exploit Kit used in attacks on countless millions of Internet users since 2010. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: piracy_malwar-100008629-small.jpg

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