The former owner of a Russian eSports and competitive gaming team has been arrested following the uncovering of an elaborate hacking scheme.
Dmitry “ddd1ms” Smilianets, along with 4 others, has been charged with committing the “largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.”
Dmitry and the others targeted major payment processors, retailers and financial institutions around the world over the course of seven years, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The global hacking operation enabled them to steal the bank card numbers of more than 160 million people.
While not hacking into NASDAQ, Visa Jordan, the Belgian bank Dexia, and Diners Singapore (among others), Smilianets was the owner of Moscow 5 – a professional League of Legends, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike clan group.
The Moscow 5 team has now been appointed a new manager and the League of Legends team has reformed under a new name – Gambit Gaming.
Source: Gamespot
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it doesnt say in the article but I think I read today on the wsj that they stole around 360 Mill $