A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in fraudulent payments has been imprisoned for 46 months (nearly four years) in a United States’ federal prison.
41-year-old Maxim Senakh, of Velikii Novgorod, was arrested by Finnish police in August 2015 for his role in the development and maintenance of the infamous Linux botnet called Ebury that siphoned millions of dollars from victims worldwide.
Senakh was extradited to the United States in February 2016 to face charges and pleaded guilty in late Marchthis year after admitting of creating a massive Ebury botnet and personally being profited from the scheme.
Source: Hacker Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Spreading Linux Malware
