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The damage caused by the hacker is more than $ 70 million.
Spanish police have arrested a citizen of Ukraine, who was issued a red round-the-clock Interpol warrant at the request of the United States. He has been a fugitive from American justice for more than 10 years, accused of creating and distributing malicious software known as scareware.
The arrest took place on Tuesday at Barcelona's El Prat airport, where the suspect had flown to visit the city. The operation involved officers from the General Information Commissioner, the Tenerife and Barcelona Provincial Information Brigades, and the El Prat Airport Commissariat. Internationally, the operation was supported by the FBI and Interpol.
Scareware is a type of fraud in which attackers infect victims ' computers with a special code that displays messages on the screen that the device is infected with a virus and you need to purchase antivirus software to eliminate it. Victims pay up to $ 129 for fake security programs, unaware that they are giving money to those who initially infected their computer.
According to the investigation, the detainee's crimes affected hundreds of thousands of victims around the world and caused losses to consumers worth more than $ 70 million.
On Wednesday morning, he was taken to the Central Investigative Court number Six of the National Assembly, which ordered his detention.
Spanish police have arrested a citizen of Ukraine, who was issued a red round-the-clock Interpol warrant at the request of the United States. He has been a fugitive from American justice for more than 10 years, accused of creating and distributing malicious software known as scareware.
The arrest took place on Tuesday at Barcelona's El Prat airport, where the suspect had flown to visit the city. The operation involved officers from the General Information Commissioner, the Tenerife and Barcelona Provincial Information Brigades, and the El Prat Airport Commissariat. Internationally, the operation was supported by the FBI and Interpol.
Scareware is a type of fraud in which attackers infect victims ' computers with a special code that displays messages on the screen that the device is infected with a virus and you need to purchase antivirus software to eliminate it. Victims pay up to $ 129 for fake security programs, unaware that they are giving money to those who initially infected their computer.
According to the investigation, the detainee's crimes affected hundreds of thousands of victims around the world and caused losses to consumers worth more than $ 70 million.
On Wednesday morning, he was taken to the Central Investigative Court number Six of the National Assembly, which ordered his detention.
