(Bloomberg) — A key figure is missing in the court documents outlining the biggest computer attack ever of the U.S. financial system: the actual hacker.
The Israeli mastermind of the crime syndicate with global operations — computer servers in Egypt, online casinos in Ukraine and Hungary, Azerbaijan payment processors and a Florida bitcoin exchange — created a digital mob without a true home country, according to prosecutors. So when the gang needed a hired gun, in this case a sophisticated computer thief, it apparently turned to a harbor known for some of the best.
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