On Feb. 16, a U.S. district court in New Jersey sentenced Ukrainian hacker Serhiy Vovnenko to 41 months in prison after running a botnet of 13,000 computers to steal login and credit card information from users, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports. He went on to traffic that data from 2010-2012, the report states. In addition to his prison sentence, Vovnenko must also pay $83,368 in restitution. However, he "could be released in a few months if he receives credit for all 32 months he has already spent in custody," the report states.
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