Ukrainian Extradited to US Faces Charges in Jabber Zeus Cybercrime Case

A Ukrainian national believed to be a developer for the infamous Jabber Zeus cybercrime group has been reportedly extradited from Italy to the US.

The man, Yuriy Igorevich Rybtsov, 41, of Donetsk, is allegedly the Jabber Zeus developer MrICQ, who was mentioned in a 2012 indictment charging eight other suspected members of the cybercrime group, investigative journalist Brian Krebs reports.

Mainly targeting small to mid-sized businesses, the hacking group used the Zeus banking trojan to steal the victims’ credentials.

The gang’s name is derived from its use of Jabber to receive alerts in the form of instant messaging when the victims used one-time passcodes on banking websites.

According to the indictment, the Jabber Zeus “crew” used the banking trojan to capture bank account numbers, passwords, PIN numbers, and other sensitive information.

Then, they used the stolen information and social engineering to make fraudulent transfers to US bank accounts controlled ...