In 2017, people started receiving unsettling emails that included their passwords in the subject line.
Dubbed Nuclear Bot, the malware was an extortion scheme that claimed to have a video of the user watching pornography. Pay up, the extortionist said, or every one of your contacts will receive a copy of the video.
French investigators now say they have arrested two hackers responsible for the scheme that funneled, at minimum, a million Euros into their bitcoin accounts, according to Kreb On Security.
One of the hackers had a legitimate technology career.
The scheme was exposed — and a manhunt began — after the hacker posted his code on a forum, evidently for bragging rights and to prove the sophistication of his malware.
