19 charges have been laid against a 55-year old woman for her alleged role in infecting millions of devices with the Trickbot malware.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a Latvian woman for her alleged role in creating and deploying Trickbot, the computer banking trojan that has evolved to become a highly popular form of malware among cyber criminals. The accused individual, Alla Witte, was arrested in Miami four months ago. According to the charges, Witte worked in the criminal organisation, called Trickbot Group, which deployed the Trickbot malware. In this role, she allegedly wrote code related to the control, deployment, and payments of ransomware for the organisation. Trickbot malware provides cyber criminals with a means of delivering malware onto compromised machines to steal personal and financial information, including login credentials, credit card numbers, emails, passwords, dates of birth, social security numbers, and addresses. Once the information is obtained, the attackers use that information to gain access to online bank accounts, execute unauthorised electronic funds transfers, and launder the money through US and foreign beneficiary accounts, the DoJ alleges.
