Ukraine shuts down forum for malware writers

30.03.2012

Ukraine has stepped up its computer crime and fraud enforcement efforts in recent years. Last June its security service, the SBU, said it that stole some US$72 million using Conficker, a fast-spreading worm that appeared in 2008.

Since October 2009, the FBI has stationed a supervisory special agent at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev to assist with cybercrime investigations that target the U.S.