Swedish Man Pleads Guilty to Peddling Blackshades Malware

Swedish police nabbed one of the people responsible for disseminating the malware called Blackshades which is widely used to steal credit card information. Alex Yucel, has pleaded guilty to the sales and faces a 10 year maximum sentence in prison for his participation.

Several thousand people bought Blackshades, and investigators said it may have infected more than 500,000 computers worldwide.

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