三名欧洲男子制作电脑病毒被美国法院起诉_社会生活

三名欧洲男子制作电脑病毒被美国法院起诉

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-01-24 08:14 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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US prosecutors¹ say they have charged three men with creating and distributing a virus that infected more a million computers around the world.

美国检察官起诉了三名男子，他们制作并传播了一种电脑病毒，使全世界大约一百万台电脑中毒。

They say the Gozi virus was used to access personal bank information and steal millions of dollars in 2005-11.

The suspects - a Russian, a Latvian and a Romanian - ran a "modern-day bank robbery ring, that required neither a gun or a mask", the prosecutors say.

The three men - all in their 20s - have already been arrested.

Nikita Kuzmin, a 25-year-old Russian national, pleaded guilty to the charges in May 2011, US Attorney Preet Bharara revealed at a news conference in New York on Wednesday.

Extradition² proceedings³ against the other two men - Romania's Mihai Ionut Paunescu, 28, and 27-year-old Deniss Calovskis from Latvia - are now under way.

The ongoing⁴ US government investigation⁵ alleges⁶ that the scheme began in Europe and later spread to the US, where at one stage more than 190 computers belonging to America's Nasa space agency were infected.

They say that Mr Kuzmin and his co-defenders - nicknamed Virus and Miami - have managed to produce at least $50m in illegal profits using the virus.

"This case should serve as a wake-up call to banks and consumers alike because cybercrime remains⁷ one of the greatest threats we face, and it is not going away anytime soon," Mr Bharara said.

He said that the FBI had worked with a number of European countries, including Britain, in tracking down the scheme - one of the most financially destructive yet seen.

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1 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 extradition
n.引渡（逃犯）
参考例句：
The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。 He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

3 proceedings
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
参考例句：
He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。 to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

4 ongoing
adj.进行中的，前进的
参考例句：
The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。 The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 alleges
断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。 Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

7 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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