Ministry
of Justice of the United States put forward formal charges against the three
hackers who may be involved in one of the largest hacking e-mail servers.
According
to the press service of the American authorities, two of the accused are
natives of Vietnam and currently living in the Netherlands. The third attacker
came from Latin America living in Canada.
As
explained by representatives of the Ministry of Justice, one of the Vietnamese
involved in breaking once eight servers owned by American companies. As a
result of unauthorized access was stolen more than one billion addresses and
personal information of users.
His
partner, the second native of Vietnam, spamming these addresses, and their
accomplice from Canada laundering illegally obtained income through front
companies.
According
to preliminary information the hackers were able to earn in the period from
2009 to 2011, about two million dollars.
One
of the Vietnamese hackers arrested in the Netherlands and was extradited to the
United States, the second by his compatriot is wanted. Canadian citizen
detained recently and soon it expects the court in the state of Georgia.
