PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED TWO MEN IN RUSSIA WITH RUNNING
IT.
PETE WILLIAMS HAS
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: OPERATING
FROM INSIDE RUSSIA
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
SAY TONIGHT THESE TWO
MEN TARGETED THOUSANDS
OF VICTIMS VACUUMING
MILLIONS OUT OF THEIR
BANK ACCOUNTS.
>> HE IS A TRUE 21st
CENTURY CRIMINAL WITH
THE STROKE OF A KEY
AND THE CLICK OF A
MOUSE COMMITTED
CYBERCRIMES ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
>> Reporter:
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY
STOLE $3.5 MILLION
FROM A PENNSYLVANIA
OIL COMPANY WHICH
EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO
GET THE MONEY BACK BUT
MOST VICTIMS WEREN’T
SO LUCKY.
IN ORDER OF NUNS IN
ILLINOIS LOST $24,000.
THE HACKERS FOCUSED ON
SMALL BUSINESSES AND
CITY AND COUNTY
GOVERNMENTS.
IN ALL INVESTIGATORS
SAY U.S. VICTIMS IN 11
STATES LOST $70
MILLION.
WORLDWIDE SAY
OFFICIALS IN THE U.S.
AND ENGLAND THE
HACKERS HIT MORE THAN
300 ORGANIZATIONS IN
43 COUNTRIES.
>> THERE IS REAL WORLD
HARM WITH PEOPLE’S
LIFE SAVINGS, PEOPLE’S
COMPANIES ARE BEING
COMPROMISED BY THESE
VEHICLES.
>> Reporter: THE U.S.
IS OFFERING A $5
MILLION REWARD FOR
INFORMATION THAT LEADS
TO THE CAPTURE OF HIM
LIVING MOSCOW AND THE