Hackers jailed over SpyEye virus that robbed bank accounts worldwide

Russian developer known online as 'Gribodemon' and 'Harderman' gets nine years in US jail, while malware vendor 'Bx1' receives 15 years in billion-dollar case

The Russian creator of a computer program that enabled cybercriminals to infect millions of computers and drain bank accounts in multiple countries has been sentenced to serve nine and half years in a US federal prison.

Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, 27, the inventor of SpyEye who went by aliases "Gribodemon" and "Harderman" online, pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud in January 2014 after reaching a deal with prosecutors.