The tool kit known as Dendroid, was sold by Culbertson in the Darkode dark Net marketplace.
Dendroid was a software toolkit used to create trojanised applications that infects Android-based smartphones.
According to a Darkode post by Android in October 2013, the virus took 1.3 years to fully develop.
At the time of the creation of the malware, Culbertson was about 17 years old.
He is a graduate of the private Winchester Thurston School, in Shadyside.
I committed the crime.
At 20 years old, Culbertson is one of the youngest individuals being investigated.
Culbertson faces a $250,000 fine and a maximum of 10 years in prison.
source: www.techworm.net
