The sentencing of Zain Qaiser from London marks the conclusion of a case against England’s most prolific cyber criminal.
A British blackmailer who used fake FBI notices to scam porn site visitors out of more than $5 million has been jailed.
It took five years following Qaiser’s arrest for police and lawyers to untangle his intricate criminal enterprise, with further delays to the case caused by concerns for the defendant’s mental health.From the bedroom of his family home in the East London suburb of Barking, the cyber blackmailer used ransomware to hijack unwitting victims’ computers and then extort them for cash to give back control.
Clicking on the malicious adverts downloaded software that would search for vulnerabilities and deliver the ransomware. Then a message would appear on the screen of the unsuspecting internet user, claiming to be from law enforcement agencies like the FBI.
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