The top five of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) most wanted cybercriminals are worth a combined $4.2 million as the Obama administration becomes increasingly more concerned with online security, The Washington Post reports. “The five hackers being targeted by the FBI are accused of stealing health, employment and banking data or trying to force people to pay a ransom to regain control of their devices and running fake online auctions,” the report states. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, “mastermind of ZeuS,” a Trojan horse that has stolen $100 million in the past six years, has a reward of $3 million and is considered the FBI’s “number one target," said Special Agent Christopher Stangl, head of the FBI Cyber Division's Computer Intrusion Section. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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