这是一家名叫“邪恶”的公司，据说已经从美国银行偷走1亿美元

美国司法部和国务院提起了两件针对数位俄罗斯公民的公诉案，称他们领导的黑客集团需对全球范围内银行超过1亿美元的盗窃案负责。

这个黑客集团被称为“邪恶公司”（Evil Corp.），它们使用名为“Dridex”的恶意软件，可以规避杀毒软件，感染电脑，并盗取登录信息，然后偷盗账户的钱转至离岸银行。

“邪恶公司”的名字取自美国电视秀节目《机器人先生》（Mr. Robot），“业务由一群位于俄罗斯莫斯科的人运营，他们有着多年的经验，相互信任。”美国财政部在一份媒体声明中说。

据报道，该集团使用Dridex病毒，通过诱骗邮件方式进行传播，针对的目标是超过40个国家的金融机构。

邪恶公司的两位成员，被指控刑事犯罪——领头人是32岁的马克西姆·V·雅库伯兹，绰号“水”，另一位是38岁的伊格·图拉舍夫，他协助开发恶意病毒。

不过主要逮捕目标还是雅库伯兹，美国国务院提供了一笔高达500万美元的赏金，用于奖励能够提供信息协助抓获或使其认罪的人。这是针对网络犯罪的最大一笔赏金。

“马克西姆·雅库伯兹和伊格·图拉舍夫领导着这个世界上最复杂的跨国网络犯罪辛迪加已经超过10年。”宾西法尼亚州西区律师斯科特·W·布拉迪在一份声明中说。“这些网络犯罪分子在西宾夕法尼亚以及全球范围内，发起了我们所遇见过的最广泛的一次针对个人和公司的恶意软件攻击。”

美国财政部补充说，雅库伯兹“还为俄罗斯政府的恶意网络攻击企图提供直接的协助，显示出俄罗斯政府征用了网络犯罪分子用于其恶毒的目的。”（财富中文网）

译者：宣峰

The U.S. Departments of Justice and State have unveiled a pair of indictments against Russian nationals they say led a hacker group responsible for stealing more than $100 million from banks around the world.

That hacker group, known as “Evil Corp.” used a malware called “Dridex,” which circumvented antivirus software, infecting computers and stealing login credentials, before emptying accounts and moving the money to offshore banks.

Evil Corp., a name taken from the show USA Network show Mr. Robot, “operates as a business run by a group of individuals based in Moscow, Russia, who have years of experience and well-developed, trusted relationships with each other,” said the Treasury Department in a press release.

The group reportedly used the Dridex virus, which is distributed via phishing email campaigns, against financial institutions in over 40 countries.

Two members of Evil Corp. have been hit with criminal violations—the leader, 32-year-old Maksim V. Yakubets, aka “aqua,” and 38-year-old Igor Turashev, who helped develop the malware virus.

Yakubets is the main target, though. The State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to his capture or conviction. That’s the largest reward ever offered for a cybercriminal.

“For over a decade, Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev led one of the most sophisticated transnational cybercrime syndicates in the world,” said U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady for the Western District of Pennsylvania in a statement. “These cybercriminals targeted individuals and companies in western Pennsylvania and across the globe in one of the most widespread malware campaigns we have ever encountered.”

The Treasury Department added that Yakubets “also provides direct assistance to the Russian government’s malicious cyber efforts, highlighting the Russian government’s enlistment of cybercriminals for its own malicious purposes.”