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Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested

April 9, 2017 admin Alan Ralsky, fake antivirus, fake AV, Kelihos botnet, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, New York Times, Other, Peter Ivashov, Peter Levashov, Peter Severa, Pyotr Levashov, Reuters, ROKSO, Spam Nation, spamdot.biz, spamhaus, Spamit, Viktor Sergeevich Ivashov, Vladimir Putin, waledac

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:17:09 +0000

Authorities in Spain have arrested a Russian computer programmer thought to be one of the world’s most notorious spam kingpins. Spanish police arrested Pyotr Levashov under an international warrant executed in the city of Barcelona, according to Reuters. Russian state-run television station RT (formerly Russia Today) reported that Levashov was arrested while vacationing in Spain with his family. According to numerous stories here at KrebsOnSecurity, Levashov was better known as “Severa,” the hacker moniker used by a pivotal figure in many popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. Severa was the moderator for the spam subsection of multiple online communities, and in this role served as the virtual linchpin connecting virus writers with huge spam networks that Severa allegedly created and sold himself.