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Russian National Convicted of Charges Relating to Kelihos Botnet

06/16/2021 12:00 AM EDT

A federal jury in Connecticut convicted a Russian national on Tuesday for operating a "crypting" service used to conceal "Kelihos" malware from antivirus software, enabling hackers to systematically infect victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware.

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