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Russian Cyber Criminal Unmasked As Creator of "Most Successful" Apple Malware

DavidGilbert99 writes "It was the malware which affected as many Apple computers as the Conficker worm affected Windows PCs and earned its creator up to $10,000 per day. Until now, no one know who was behind the Flashback Trojan which hit 650,000 computers last year, but security researcher Brian Krebs has managed to uncover the creator as a 30-year-old Russian cyber criminal."

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  1. Re:I wouldn't shed a tear by benjfowler · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Chinese, the thugs that they are, are onto something.

    Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys.