Federal authorities have seized internet domains and arrested two men in Malta and Nigeria who they say served as sales and customer service reps for a dark web business that sold RAT malware to cybercriminals over a 12-year period, leading to the “takeover and infection of computers worldwide.”
According to a U.S. Justice Department statement on Friday, authorities in Malta arrested Daniel Meli, 27, of Zabbar, Malta, on Feb. 7 at the DOJ’s request. Meli, who made his initial appearance before a magistrate judge in Valletta, Malta, is facing charges from a federal grand jury indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Dec. 12 for causing unauthorized damage to protected computers, illegally selling and advertising an electronic interception device, and participating in a conspiracy to commit several computer intrusion offenses.
