Zeus (malware)
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[[File:FBI Fraud Scheme Zeus Trojan.jpg|thumb|[[FBI]]: The Zeus Fraud Scheme]] |
[[File:FBI Fraud Scheme Zeus Trojan.jpg|thumb|[[FBI]]: The Zeus Fraud Scheme]] |
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In October 2010 the US [[FBI]] announced that hackers in [[Eastern Europe]] had managed to infect computers around the world using Zeus.{{cite web|title=Cyber Banking Fraud|url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2010/october/cyber-banking-fraud|publisher=The Federal Bureau of Investigation|access-date=2 March 2016}} The virus was distributed in an e-mail, and when targeted individuals at businesses and municipalities opened the e-mail, the trojan software installed itself on the victimized computer, secretly capturing passwords, account numbers, and other data used to log into online banking accounts. |
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The hackers then used this information to take over the victims’ bank accounts and make unauthorized transfers of thousands of dollars at a time, often routing the funds to other accounts controlled by a network of [[money mule]]s, paid a commission. Many of the U.S. money mules were recruited from overseas. They created bank accounts using fake documents and false names. Once the money was in the accounts, the mules would either wire it back to their bosses in Eastern Europe, or withdraw it in cash and smuggle it out of the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct10/cyber_100110.html |title=CYBER BANKING FRAUD Global Partnerships Lead to Major Arrests |author=FBI |date=1 October 2010 |access-date=2 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003221149/http://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct10/cyber_100110.html |archive-date=3 October 2010 }} |
The hackers then used this information to take over the victims’ bank accounts and make unauthorized transfers of thousands of dollars at a time, often routing the funds to other accounts controlled by a network of [[money mule]]s, paid a commission. Many of the U.S. money mules were recruited from overseas. They created bank accounts using fake documents and false names. Once the money was in the accounts, the mules would either wire it back to their bosses in Eastern Europe, or withdraw it in cash and smuggle it out of the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct10/cyber_100110.html |title=CYBER BANKING FRAUD Global Partnerships Lead to Major Arrests |author=FBI |date=1 October 2010 |access-date=2 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003221149/http://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct10/cyber_100110.html |archive-date=3 October 2010 }} |
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