Some people work their entire life and they will not be able to see an amount of one million dollar on their bank account, but the GameOver Botnet mastermind had found a way to steal one hundred million dollars from infected devices.
The FBI claims that Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is the mastermind behind the GameOver Zeus botnet which was first seen in 2011. The GameOver Zeus botnet mastermind Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev had found a way to gain access to 13 million computers globally. The FBI also claims that Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is active in Russia and still alive.
The FBI wants to bring Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev to the United States so they can arrest him for conspiracy, computer hacking, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.
Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev
The FBI is using the internet to gain more information about Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, thousands and if not millions of people globally are now aware of Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev but will it have the effect which the FBI is looking for?
Cybercriminals view:
Wow, I need to contact this guy to earn some real money.
Government agencies view:
Wow, we need to bust this guy before he recruits/infects more people.
Priceless
Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is priceless in the eyes of many cybercriminals. The 3 million ransom which is put on information which will lead to the arrest of Evgeniy Bogachev is kinda useless (my opinion).
Bogachev is a guy which is capable of stealing hundreds of millions and putting ransom on someone (Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev) which is making a living of ransomware and fraud is kinda silly. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is gone, and the FBI knows it.
Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is known on the internet via the following online aliases/nicknames:
- Yevgeniy Bogachev
- Evgeniy Mikhaylovich Bogachev
- lucky12345
- slavik
- Pollingsoon