{"id":41498,"date":"2021-06-25T23:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T23:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/jailed-for-seven-years-cyber-crook-who-broke-into-big-biz-to-steal-bank-card-info-for-fin7-super-gang\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T23:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T23:41:32","slug":"jailed-for-seven-years-cyber-crook-who-broke-into-big-biz-to-steal-bank-card-info-for-fin7-super-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/jailed-for-seven-years-cyber-crook-who-broke-into-big-biz-to-steal-bank-card-info-for-fin7-super-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed for seven years: Cyber-crook who broke into Big Biz to steal bank card info for FIN7 super-gang"},"content":{"rendered":"

An expert penetration tester working for the notorious cyber-crime gang FIN7 was sent down for seven years on Friday and told to cough up $2.5m for breaking into corporate computer systems.<\/p>\n

Andrii Kolpakov, 33, a Ukrainian national, was cuffed by authorities in Lepe, Spain, in 2018, and extradited to the US in 2019. He was a high-ranking member of the crew, and served as its penetration tester from 2016 to 2018, looking for ways to exploit security vulnerabilities in businesses.<\/p>\n

FIN7 injected malware<\/a> into the networks of thousands of American food, hospitality, and gaming chains to steal customers’ financial details. Millions of credit and debit card numbers were scraped and later sold to other miscreants online, who went on spending sprees.<\/p>\n