One of the two sentenced is Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, 27, from Russia.

Panin was known in the cyber crime world by his handle, Gribodemon and Harderman.

SpyEye malware affected nearly 14 million computers infecting around 10,000 Bank accounts at 235 financial institutions.

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Panin has sold this malware to more than 150 Cyber criminals, according to FBI.

The FBI used a honeypot campaign to arrest Panin by approaching him as a buyer for SpyEye malware.

The stolen information was then relayed to criminals and the control server was used to reach the victims accounts.

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Humza also pleaded guilty to all counts in June 2015.

The police in UK and Bulgaria also managed to arrest four of Panins SpyEye clients.

However, his arrest brought down the curtains on one of the deadliest malware operations.

source: www.techworm.net