In any case, before that, no one was brought to criminal responsibility for unauthorized interference in the gaming computer industry. The Cheremushkinsky District Court of Moscow has begun considering a criminal case against Yekaterinburg resident Andrey Kirsanov, accused of creating, using and distributing malicious computer programs (Part 2 of Article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The damage caused to the creators of the games is estimated at 670 million Russian rubles ($9,095,536). For several years on his website, Yekaterinburg native Andrey Kirsanov, according to police, managed to sell thousands of packages with bots and cheat programs that allowed users to gain unfair advantages over other players. Such popular online games as World of Tanks and World of Warships were hit by the alleged attacker.

The “Cyber Tank” case has reached court, details have emerged, and the story itself has been made public in the federal media.Ī precedent has been set in Russia for bringing to criminal responsibility any unauthorized interference (with the help of malware) in the gaming computer industry.