Ransomware author tracked down, but not nickedPosted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:20 GMT
Come on, we aren't kids, let's call it by its real name, it's an IP address...
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:20 GMT
with the KGB...
he probably got given the choice of a job or handing over to the usa...
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:20 GMT
If they catch him they should try him and put in Russian prison. In UK for example we don't have prisons any more - we have spa houses for prisoners.
Idea: prison service outsourcing! Save half of cash, keep prisoners outside of Human Rights bullshit jurisdiction and resocialise them at the same time. Properly, they'll never want to go back there again!
Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 19:20 GMT
"Our understanding, talking to security experts, is that the Russian constitution make no provision for extradition. So even if the Gpcode varmint is caught, he's very unlikely to face the inconvenience of a prosecution outside Russia."
Well, well, why should he be prosecuted abroad?
Or is it because he's russian and not named, lets say, "Gary McKinnon"?...
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 09:24 GMT
It's a shame that the old Soviet republic is gone. He or she could have just disappeared and any attempts to find out what happened to him or her would be stonewalled by the authorities.
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 09:49 GMT
there are over 2000 terrorists according to the Home Office in the UK.
Are the UK soft on terrorism?
Or is it they don't have the manpower to persue?
Hell, there are war criminals we know and name in the US and the US refuse to let them go to trial. Why is russia given the bog boo? Because they own all our gas?
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 14:00 GMT
I suspect that life might become pretty, well, interesting for the little creep simply by naming him. When you have a tidy little earner like that it is a good idea to keep a very low profile. Not attract the attention of anyone. Especially your fellow low lives. Those that might feel the need to offer you a deal that can't be refused.
Posted Thursday 2nd October 2008 20:02 GMT
The two arrested were not Pinch authors, just a couple of resellers who ran some dropzone servers. What happened to these guys anyway? The typical catch-and-release to make a point? See it's still being echoed as an example as Russian law enforcement success in this very article. Some success.
Posted Monday 6th October 2008 14:36 GMT
Russia is runamok by cyber criminals and mobs so much that it is a veritable GTA on an every day basis over there. Just by advertising their criminal activities give them leverage over small gangs and thugs.
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