Third Hacker Pleads Guilty to $45 Million Global 'Cyber Heist'

Federal prosecutors called it "a massive 21st century bank heist that reached across the Internet," but at least some of its operatives won't be riding off into the sunset.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced this week that a third person has pleaded guilty to participating in two massive global cyberattacks which netted $45 million. Evan Jose Peña, 35, admitted to taking part in the “unlimited operation,” a term used in cybercrime circles to indicate the potential of the crime.

Peña joins fellow Yonkers, N.Y., residents Emir Yasser Yeje and Elvis Rafael Rodriguez, both 24, who pleaded guilty to involvement in the crime last month Read more...