On April 20, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced that the two international hackers who created the SpyEye Trojan malware were sentenced to 15 years and nine-and-a-half years, respectively, in federal prison. From 2010 through 2012, SpyEye was the preeminent banking Trojan that allowed the theft of login information for bank accounts, PINs, and credit card information.

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