"Hacker 'Tank' Gets Prison Sentence for Connections to Zeus and IcedID Malware"

A Nebraska federal judge has sentenced a Ukrainian national named Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (known as "Tank" in the hacker community) to prison and ordered him to pay millions in restitution for his involvement in two malware schemes. In February, he pleaded guilty to charges associated with participating in the operation of the "Zeus" banking malware in the 2010s and later the "IcedID" malware. Penchukov was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) "Most Wanted" list for over a decade before his 2022 arrest in Switzerland and 2023 extradition to the US. This article continues to discuss Penchukov's cybercriminal history.

The Record reports "Hacker 'Tank' Gets Prison Sentence for Connections to Zeus and IcedID Malware"

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