The prosecutors of the Galician district prosecutor’s office referred to the court an indictment against a resident of the Kherson region on the fact of unauthorized sale of information with limited access stored in electronic computing machines (computers) (part 1 of article 361-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the accused, having moved to Lviv since the time of the military aggression of the occupying country, installed software on his personal computer designed for unauthorized access to Internet resource accounts by selecting and sorting password combinations. In the future, the boy systematically gained access to the login and password of users of Internet resources, thereby gaining access to personal data of citizens.
He sold this confidential information through an anonymous Darknet platform using cryptocurrency.
According to the results of authorized searches, hard magnetic disks with personal data of citizens, computer equipment, mobile phones, SIM cards and flash drives with evidence of illegal activity were discovered and seized.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by the investigators of the investigative department of the LRUP #1 of the State Department of the Lviv Region based on the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Lviv Region.
Department of Information Policy
Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office