Tags: Hackers

A group of hackers has successfully extracted more than 600 GB of data by hijacking PC microphone with malware attack.

Two of the main creators of banking trojan SpyEye have been sentenced to a combined of 24 years in federal prison. From 2010 to 2012, the malware had infected more than 50 million computers and caused almost $1 billion in losses.

Russian, Aleksandr Panin and Alregrian, Hamza Bendellad were arrested and charged for decveloping and spreading malware to financial industry computers. The sentenced for the two were annouced on Wednesday.