A US man has pleaded guilty to charges of writing and distributing a Trojan horse designed to steal usernames and passwords. Richard C Honour, 31, faces a maximum five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after admitting releasing the malware.
The Trojan affected users of the DarkMyst IRC chatroom, which is popular with online gamers. Using the name 'Fyle/Anatoly', Honour sent messages to other IRC users claiming to contain links to online movies.
However, users who clicked on the links were infected with a Trojan that opened a backdoor on their PCs, allowing the hacker to spy on his victims, steal banking details and commit identity theft.
Honour was arrested at his home in Kenmore, Washington following an FBI investigation that found stolen information from victims' computers and evidence that he had written the malicious code.
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The Trojan affected users of the DarkMyst IRC chatroom, which is popular with online gamers. Using the name 'Fyle/Anatoly', Honour sent messages to other IRC users claiming to contain links to online movies.
However, users who clicked on the links were infected with a Trojan that opened a backdoor on their PCs, allowing the hacker to spy on his victims, steal banking details and commit identity theft.
Honour was arrested at his home in Kenmore, Washington following an FBI investigation that found stolen information from victims' computers and evidence that he had written the malicious code.
View: Full Article @ vnu.net
Last edited by IceBreakerG on 23 Feb 2007 - 15:27
Especially as 'backdoor' is mentioned.
I say the chair the chair.
"Pound Me In The Ass Prison" sounds just fine for them
he had it comming.
hes just a crook who put together a trojan, to steal information from users in an IRC chatroom.
individual that went by the aliases of Fyle and Anatoly. This individual primarily used IRC as his method to spread and infect people with his work. After getting feedback and assistance from other networks and their administrators, along with working closely with federal authorities, we are happy to announce that he has pled guilty. He will be sentenced in May.
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