article_snippet: In August 2014 a cybersecurity firm discovered that Russian hackers had stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites.
article_snippet: At least 83 million bank accounts were affected, mostly belonging to consumers but includnig about 7 million commercial customers as well.
article_snippet: Hackers got access to customers' names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
article_snippet: Saparately, the FBI offered a $3 million reward last month for information leading to the capture of a Russian hacker believed to be behind the electronic theft of $100 million from American bank accounts.
article_snippet: Evgeniy Bogachev is accused of deploying a 'botnet' – a hijacked super-network of personal computers controlled remotely without the owners' knowledge – by spreading malicious software through spam emails.
article_snippet: the FBI described Evgeniy Bogachev's technique last year as 'an extremely sophisticated type of malware designed specifically to steal banking and other credentials from the computers the FBI infects.'
highlights_snippet: FBI offering reward for Russian hacker behind 'botnet' that stole $100 million from American bank accounts .