From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, the FBI's most wanted cyber criminal. What his case tells us about the culture of hacking

in Russia and how the government there is using that to its advantage. And why it's so hard for

the US to prosecute those hackers even when it knows exactly who they are. It's Monday, March 13th.

Okay, so I'm going to say hello to you and I want to ask you about our most wanted cyber criminal.

My colleague Michael Schwarz has been investigating the story of a 33 year old Russian hacker.

Michael, thank you for coming up to the studio. You're welcome. So who is the United States

government's most wanted cyber criminal? His name is Yvgeniy Bhagachov. He's known by the

alias Lucky12345. His real name is Yvgeniy Bhagachov. This is a Russian citizen. He's 33 years old.

He was last known to be living in Russia. Bhagachov, a true 21st century criminal,

commits cyber crimes across the globe with a stroke of a key and the click of a mouse.

He is wanted for creating what is called a botnet, which is a network of infected computers.

And they were infected with a bit of malware that he created called Game Over Zeus.

Game Over Zeus is the most sophisticated and damaging botnet we have ever encountered.

And what this malware very simply allowed him to do was...

The virus gives these people full control potentially over your whole computer system.

Can access to upwards of a million computers.

This installs itself on your computer and sits there silently. Until you try to access

your financial information. The virus takes that information. Gathering logins,

passwords, email and plenty of your personal information. They can then use that to empty your

coffers. And he targeted small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.

A Pennsylvania plastics company lost more than $198,000. He targeted an Indian tribe,

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