Law enforcement officials from around the world are hunting cyber attackers who have pulled of a series of internet "heists" on UK bank accounts worth $100m . The malware which was used, known as Dridex , may be responsible for worldwide losses of $100m so far. It is used to gain access to people's personal computers to record Moldovian Andrey Ghinkul and password details used to access internet banking services, which it then passes back to the hackers. The virus so far is not believed to have infected smartphones. Our investigation is ongoing and we expect further arrests to made," said NCA spokesperson, Mike Hullet stating that at least one "significant arrest" has been made. It is understood that the attackers have links to UK , following an arrest of login , aka CyberStreetWise , who is behind the botnet and is now the target of extradition proceedings from the US . Attacks from the virus had stopped but law enforcement officials believe it has restarted.
Law enforcement officials from around the world are hunting cyber attackers who have pulled of a series of internet "heists" on UK bank accounts worth $100m . The malware which was used, known as Dridex , may be responsible for worldwide losses of $100m so far. It is used to gain access to people's personal computers to record Moldovian Andrey Ghinkul and password details used to access internet banking services, which it then passes back to the hackers. The virus so far is not believed to have infected smartphones. It is understood that the attackers have links to UK , following an arrest of login , aka CyberStreetWise , who is behind the botnet and is now the target of extradition proceedings from the US . Attacks from the virus had stopped but law enforcement officials believe it has restarted.