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    Kelihos botnet operator pleads guilty to hacking and fraud charges

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    09.13.2018

    The Kelihos botnet story appears to be winding to a close. Russian Peter Levashov has pleaded guilty to charges relating his operation of the botnet, including intentional damage to a computer, wire fraud, conspiracy and identity theft. He reportedly used Kelihos to spread spam email, collect login details, install ransomware and otherwise attack users' computers, including selling access to the botnet.