Alexander Petrov (hacker)
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Alexander Petrov and two other men were responsible for DDoS for hire and extortion. A multinational law enforcement group of British
, American
, and Russia
n private individuals and law enforcement agents captured Alexander Petrov and his two accomplices - Ivan Maksakov
and Denis Stepanov
.
The three were heading an extortion ring which was extorting money from various online services, e.g. banks, Internet casinos, and other web based businesses. Reportedly, the damages caused by the ring are in the millions of dollars range. On October 8, 2007, Petrov, Maksakov, Stenanov were found guilty and were sentenced to eight years in prison in the Russian Federation and a 100,000 ruble
penalty.
United Kingdom
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, American
United States
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, and Russia
Russia
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n private individuals and law enforcement agents captured Alexander Petrov and his two accomplices - Ivan Maksakov
Ivan Maksakov
Ivan Maksakov was one of the three men behind the start of DDoS attacks for hire and extortion. Ivan was most famously known was "eXe", but he also used the nicknames: NASA, b-boy, X, x890, and x3m1st....
and Denis Stepanov
Denis Stepanov
Denis Stepanov was one of three men behind the start of DDoS attacks for hire and extortion. A multinational law enforcement group of British, American, and Russian private individuals and law enforcement agents captured Ivan Maksakov, Alexander Petrov, and Denis Stepanov.The three men were at the...
.
The three were heading an extortion ring which was extorting money from various online services, e.g. banks, Internet casinos, and other web based businesses. Reportedly, the damages caused by the ring are in the millions of dollars range. On October 8, 2007, Petrov, Maksakov, Stenanov were found guilty and were sentenced to eight years in prison in the Russian Federation and a 100,000 ruble
Ruble
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penalty.