BlackShades

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BlackShades is a Trojan that is traded for around € 30 or $ 40 on relevant forums. According to the FBI, it attacks Windows systems .

International raid

In May 2014, the FBI initiated an action against the provider and its customers. The raid took place in 16 countries simultaneously after the FBI gained access to the vendor's customer database. During 359 police operations, homes were searched, 1,100 data carriers were confiscated and a total of 80 people were arrested. From € Just a case of a 18-year-old Dutchman was announced, is said to have infected more than 2,000 computers to get so on webcam images of the female owner.

Individual evidence

  1. Could Your Computer Be Infected by Blackshades? on fbi.gov, accessed on May 20, 2014
  2. ^ Raids against "BlackShades" users ( Memento from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on tagesschau.de from May 19, 2014, accessed on May 19, 2014
  3. Ronald Eikenberg: Police are taking action against BlackShades buyers worldwide on heise.de on May 19, 2014, accessed on May 19, 2014
  4. jab / hatr: Investigators arrest 80 hackers in a worldwide raid on sueddeutsche.de on May 19, 2014, accessed on May 19, 2014
  5. Hundreds of hackers arrested in global raid on tagesspiegel.de on May 19, 2014, accessed on May 19, 2014