MOSCOW: Just as the scandal over alleged Russian hacking of the US Democratic Party erupted in June, police in Russia were rounding up a group known as Lurk.
In the underground world of Russian hackers, a shadowland of anonymous internet forums where users exchange the latest malware, Lurk was legendary.
The group, active since 2011, was accused of stealing some three billion rubles (RM197million) from Russian banks and aspiring hackers were keen to join.
Then more than 50 members, most of whom hailed from the Urals city of Ekaterinburg, were arrested in a sweeping raid that entailed 86 probes in 15 …read more
Source: theSun
