LuminosityLink RAT author sentenced to 2.5 years in jail

A 21-year-old man from Kentucky, US, has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty to developing and selling a popular remote access Trojan (RAT) known as LuminosityLink, a statement by the US Justice Department reveals. In his plea deal, Colton Grubbs admitted to authoring, marketing and selling the malware, knowing full well that some customers would use it to remotely access and control their victims’ computers without the victims’ knowledge or consent.

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