Russian hacker Peter Levashov pleaded guilty 9/12/18:
Russian National Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy, Computer Crime and Identity Theft Offenses
Russian National Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy, Computer Crime and Identity Theft Offenses
"Since the late 90s until his arrest in 4/17, Levashov controlled and op'd multiple botnets, including the Storm, Waledac and Kelihos botnets, to harvest personal info and means of ID (including email addresses, usernames and logins, and passwords) from infected computers."
