Denis Stepanov
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Denis Stepanov was one of three men behind the start of DDoS attacks for hire and extortion. A multinational law enforcement group of British, American, and Russian private individuals and law enforcement agents captured Ivan Maksakov
, Alexander Petrov
, and Denis Stepanov.
The three men were at the heart of an extortion ring which was extorting money from banks, Internet casinos, and other web based businesses. Reported damages caused by Maksakov, Petrov, and Stenanov range in the tens of millions of dollars. On October 8, 2007, Maksakov, Petrov, Stenanov were found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in the Russian Federation with a 100,000 ruble
penalty.
Ivan Maksakov
Ivan Maksakov was one of the three men behind the start of DDoS attacks for hire and extortion. Ivan was most famously known was "eXe", but he also used the nicknames: NASA, b-boy, X, x890, and x3m1st....
, Alexander Petrov
Alexander Petrov
Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov was a Russian chess player, chess composer, and chess writer....
, and Denis Stepanov.
The three men were at the heart of an extortion ring which was extorting money from banks, Internet casinos, and other web based businesses. Reported damages caused by Maksakov, Petrov, and Stenanov range in the tens of millions of dollars. On October 8, 2007, Maksakov, Petrov, Stenanov were found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in the Russian Federation with a 100,000 ruble
Ruble
The ruble or rouble is a unit of currency. Currently, the currency units of Belarus, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria, and, in the past, the currency units of several other countries, notably countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union, are named rubles, though they all are...
penalty.