Citadel malware writer 'Kolypto' charged

By Juha Saarinen on Mar 17, 2017 6:29AM

Original developer still on the run.

A Russian man accused of being the main developer of the Citadel malware that infected millions of computers globally has been arraigned in a United States district court. Mark Vartanyan was extradited last December from Norway where he worked as the chief technical officer for e-healthcare firm ...

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