Monday, February 23, 2015

Fink RAT Co-creator Meets Big Daddy Uncle Sam

One of the co-creators of the Blackshades Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that infected more than 500,000 computers has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking.

 Alex Yücel, 24, faces up to 10 years in prison for his involvement with the $40 program designed to secretly remotely control victims' computers...

Through his creation and sale of the Blackshades RAT, Alex Yücel enabled anyone, for just $40, to violate the property and privacy of his victims...

According to documents filed in the Manhattan federal court, the Blackshades RAT - which was used to secretly take nude photos of Miss Teen USA - could give an attacker complete control over an infected system...
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