Here're Some Most-Wanted Cybercriminals Of FBI, And What They Did

Most cybercriminals are dissimilar in the type and the way of attack. However, they share a common feature to have been taking part in or operating large-scale cyber attacks, leading to serious financial and social losses. Coming from GameOver Zeus creator, the list also includes a group of hackers interfering with 2016 US elections. Notably, the FBI has offered rewards in million dollars for information regarding these cybercriminals.

FBI offers millions of dollars in rewards for information related to those cyber crimes.

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, also called Slavik, is the brain behind Gameover ZeuS, one of the most dangerous malwares currently. Taking advantage of peer-to-peer technology, the software has stolen data from millions of computers, including bank account numbers and passwords, personal identification numbers, and more important personal information. Meanwhile, it is such challenging for cyber securities to detect the malware due to its distribution system.

Slavik is the brain behind Gameover ZeuS malware

The attack results in more than $100 million in financial losses in the past. It remains active until 2015 when Bogachev was listed by FBI as the most wanted cybercriminal. Nonetheless, open source code from Gameover ZeuS has been an inspiration for many other cyber attacks since then. According to FBI, Bogachev was charged for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Computer Fraud, Wire Fraud, and more. FBI also offered a reward of $3M for information leading to the arrest of Slavik.

DNC hackers

This attack was executed by a group of hackers working for Russian intelligence directorate, each in charge of a specific operation. Under the name "Fancy Bear", they broke into the computer network of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DNCC) and stole primary data from DNC staff members. These data, including thousands of email and attachment, was then released online to support Donald Trump's influence campaign during 2016 US elections.

"Fancy Bear" stole thousands of emails and attachments from DNC

From 2015 to 2016, the hackers stole totally 19,252 emails and 8,034 attachments from the DNC. Because of that, US authorities put them on the list of "most wanted cybercriminals". There were totally twelve attackers, all Russian military officers.

Mabna hackers

On February 7, 2018, this group of hackers was indicted for alleged involvement in a large scale data stealing and computer hacking. As stated in the indictment, the men obtained unauthorized access to computer systems and stole research data from more than 300 universities across the world. These stolen data was sold to Iranian customers after that.

The group includes nine attackers from Iran

The attack's victims also included two international non-governmental organizations and some private companies. There were nine attackers in the group, known as Silent Librarian or Cobalt Dickens, all from Iran.