(Bloomberg) — A key figure is missing in the court documentsoutlining the biggest computer attack ever of the U.S. financialsystem: the actual hacker.
The Israeli mastermind of the crime syndicate with globaloperations — computer servers in Egypt, online casinos inUkraine and Hungary, Azerbaijan payment processors and a Floridabitcoin exchange — created a digital mob without a truehome country, according to prosecutors. So when the gang needed ahired gun, in this case a sophisticated computer thief, itapparently turned to a harbor known for some of the best.
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