Kristina Svechinskaya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian computer criminal
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Place of Birth: Russia
About Kristina Svechinskaya
- Kristina Vladimirovna Svechinskaya (Russian: ???????? ???????????? ??????????, born February 16, 1989) is a former Russian money mule hacker.
- While studying at New York University, in 2010 she was accused of a plot to defraud British and U.S.
- banks and usage of false passports.
- According to charges, Svechinskaya used a Zeus Trojan horse to attack thousands of bank accounts and opened at least five accounts in Bank of America and Wachovia, which received $35,000 (£22,000) of stolen money.
- It is estimated that with nine other people, Svechinskaya had skimmed $3 million in total.
- Svechinskaya was dubbed by the media "the world's sexiest computer hacker" for her raunchy but casual appearance and was compared to Anna Chapman.
- The upcoming Russian film Botnet is partially based on Svechinskaya's story.
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