The indictment of the three Americans and one Canadian to computer fraud and theft of trade secrets has just been declassified and was announced Tuesday, September 30 by the Ministry of Justice, which said that 620,000 dollars had were seized during the investigation.
Aged between 18-28 years, they are suspected of stealing the software developed for the Army by the IT company Zombie Studios and for pilot training software Apache helicopters. Active from 2011 to March 2014, the group also collected confidential information and data on the Xbox console and One on preliminary versions of video games, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the goal of ‘share and sell’ , authorities
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“NOT SAFE FROM PROSECUTION”
“Electronic intrusions in computer networks have become all too common. These are not innocuous crimes and those who commit them should know that they are not immune to prosecution “, said Attorney of the State of Delaware, Charles Oberlyn.
Two of the defendants have pleaded guilty Tuesday and will know their worth in January. A fifth suspect has been charged in Australia for the “supposed role” in this network, the statement said, without giving further details.
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