India Takes Down Its First Cyber Criminal

One tip from the FBI is all it took for India to catch its first cyber criminal.

Until he was taken down in a raid by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday, Amit Tiwari was the head of an illegal enterprise that he had grown into a $600 million business since its inception in 2011. Tiwari and a band of cyber crooks sold their expertise with computer hacking to more than 1,000 customers who wanted to snoop around online but didn't have the means. While still in operation, Tiwari's team took fees of $250 to $500 for assignments like stealing funds, snooping around for the financial information of a business rival, digging up a family's secrets and more. Read more...