One of the creators of the famous Gozi virus was finally arrested in Colombia

The most powerful computer viruses have a big impact on the market and affect many users over time. The worst examples are well known and so are their impact.

Now, and during a police operation, one of the creators of the Gozi virus has been arrested. This is the Romanian Mihai Ionut Paunescu, who has reached more than 1 million people in the United States and Europe.

It was at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, that one of the creators of the Gozi virus was captured and arrested. Called Mihai Ionut Paunescu, this Romanian was responsible for creating a virus that affected more than 1 million people in the United States and Europe.

At El Dorado Airport, in Bogotá, was Romanian citizen Mihai Ionut Paunescu, considered one of the creators and main distributor of “Gozi”, a computer virus that stole information from more than a million people. computers around the world.

The information regarding this new prison was provided by the Colombian Attorney General’s office. In post on twitter this entity unveiled all the stages of its operation, even showing photographs of the creator of Gozi.

#ATTENTION | El Dorado airport was located at the home of Romanian citizen Mihai Ionut Paunescu, which is said to affect more than a million users with a computer virus. #UNITED STATES and European. Among the victims of this person were banks and organizations such as NASA. pic.twitter.com/WW3UUfNSNM

– Colombian Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaCol) June 29, 2021

Romanian Mihai Ionut Paunescu was wanted by the District Court in Southern New York, which wants to prosecute him. He wants you to sit in the dock to stand trial for the crimes of conspiracy, computer intrusion, and bank fraud.

The Gozi virus appeared in 2017 and has become one of the most destructive in history, stealing tens of millions of dollars. The distribution was done by email, with a simple attachment, which was then opened by users.

According to US authorities, the virus has infected computers in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, France, Finland, Italy and Turkey. Among the victims were also large companies and entities such as NASA.

Mihai Ionut Paunescu now joins Russian citizen Nikita Kuzmin and Latvian Deniss Calovskis, the two other creators of the computer virus. He is expected to be extradited soon and handed over to US authorities for later trial for the crimes he is accused of.

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