Ukrainian member of hacker group 'FIN7' sentenced to 5 years in prison, stole more than 20 million credit card numbers and total damage exceeded 124 billion yen
Ukrainian arrested on April 7, 2022 by the U.S. Department of Justice for being involved in the theft of more than 20 million credit card numbers belonging to the Russian cybercriminal organization
Member of Hacking Group Sentenced for Scheme that Compromised Tens of Millions of Debit and Credit Cards | OPA | Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-hacking-group-sentenced-scheme-compromised-tens-millions-debit-and-credit-cards
FIN7 hacker sentenced to five years --CyberScoop
https://www.cyberscoop.com/fin7-hacker-sentenced-denys-iarmak/
FIN7 hacking group'pen tester' sentenced to 5 years in prison
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fin7-hacking-group-pen-tester-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison/
This time, the court sentenced him to five years in prison by high-level hacker Denys Iarmak, 32, who was called a 'pen tester' in FIN7 .
Ricardo Martinez, Secretary of the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington, who sentenced Iarmak, said, 'Ironically, Western countries are supporting Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russia since February 2022. What's more, the country you were looting is leading an international effort to protect your country, the people of your country, and your family. '
FIN7, to which Iarmak belonged, was found to have stolen a total of more than 20 million card records from more than 6,500 point-of-sale devices in more than 3,600 facilities in the United States alone, causing damage to victims. Is estimated to exceed $ 1 billion. In addition, it is said that FIN7 has caused hacking damage in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, etc.
After working at FIN7 from around November 2016 to November 2018, Iarmak was directly involved in creating malware-laden phishing emails, breaking victims' networks, and extracting data such as payment card information. , Was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2019. Initially, Iarmak could be sentenced to life imprisonment, but the court pursued only two of the 27 crimes that Iarmak had been charged with, significantly reducing his sentence to five years.
In addition to Iarmak, Ukrainian members of FIN7, Fedir Hladyr and Andrii Kolpakov, were sentenced to 10 and 7 years in prison in 2021, respectively, and FIN7 members who were tried in US courts This is the third person in Iarmak.
FIN7 has been active even after Iarmak and others, high-level hackers in the organization, were arrested, and in January 2022, the FBI said that it was attacking with a USB memory with ransomware. Is issuing a warning.
With the increasing number of scams sending USB sticks with ransomware, a method of demanding a ransom to encrypt data, make it unusable and restore it --GIGAZINE
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