Two alleged accomplices of the leader of Shaltai-Boltai were arrested

As part of the case of the hacker group of Shaltai-Boltai, two more defendants were arrested. It is reported by TASS.

“The arrest of [Alexander] Filinov and [Konstantin] Teplyakov took place back in November 2016. Currently, the preventive measure was extended until April, ”said Yekaterina Krasnova, spokeswoman for the Lefortovo court.

They were charged with illegal access to computer information under Part 3 of Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (unlawful access to computer information committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy).

"Kommersant" writes that the alleged leader of the "Shali-Bolta" journalist Vladimir Anikyev collaborates with the investigation, so he "passed" Teplyakov and Filinov.

On the page of Teplyakov, VKontakte states that he is 35 years old, he lives in Kiev. The last time went to the network on December 16, 2016. He calls himself the founder of the White Elephant agency and the managing partner Q Poperty (specializes in the sale of real estate in Thailand and Montenegro).

According to MalwareDomainlist.com, Teplyakov registered more than 30 websites from which malicious software and false antiviruses were distributed. The source of Kommersant said that Shaltai-Boltai began its activities with computers.

About Filinov, the interlocutors of the newspaper say that he worked as an engineer in the structure of a mobile operator and was a supplier of confidential information.

Anikeev was arrested in November 2015. Rosbalt wrote that in his testimony, he called the head of the FSB QIB department Sergey Mikhailov, who was arrested in the case of the state-ownedness associated with the "Shaltai-Boltai". At the same time, lawyer Ivan Pavlov said that the arrests on suspicion of Gosizmen were not related to the hacker group.

Mikhailov was arrested on January 25, later two more defendants appeared in the case. A source of Interfax said that Anikaev and Mikhailov, together with another TSIB officer Dmitry Dokuchaev and the manager of the Kaspersky Laboratory Ruslan, was hacking the accounts of senior Russian officials and businessmen.