Hacker from Sverdlov Region put away for extortion

23-year old Igor Ushakov of the Sverdlovsk Region downloaded the demo version of CMS of the Kaliningrad-based Bitrix and detected a number of vulnerabilities. He managed to break into the company’s website and download the commercial version of CMS. He then demanded money from the company to prevent these vulnerabilities becoming universally accessible. Ushakov asked for 3000 US Dollars and then a thousand each month thereafter. The law enforcement agencies succeeded in detaining Ushakov and he has been imposed a one-year sentence in a penal colony and a fine of 10,000 roubles.