Four suspected hackers were indicted in the United States for stealing a training program of the American military and trade secrets on the game console Xbox One Microsoft said Tuesday authorities. Aged between 18-28 years, the four men are suspected of stealing specifically developed for the Army by the IT company Zombie Studios and for software training of Apache helicopter pilots, said the Department of Justice said in a statement. Acting between 2011 and March 2014, this group brings together three Americans and one Canadian also collected confidential information and data on One Xbox console and preliminary versions of video games, including the famous “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3″ in order to “share and sell,” according to authorities <. p> The value of pirated data is estimated between 100 and 200 million, the ministry said, adding that 620,000 dollars had been seized during the investigation. “Electronic intrusions and the 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 the prosecutor of the State of Delaware (east), Charles Oberlyn, said in the statement. The indictment of four men for computer fraud and theft of trade secrets dating back to last April but has been declassified, the ministry said. Both of them pleaded guilty Tuesday and will know their sentence January. A fifth suspect has been charged in Australia for his “alleged role” in this network, the statement said, without giving further details.
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