#ThrowbackThursday Dmitry “Paunch” Fedotov was once the most infamous cybercriminal mastermind behind BlackHole and CoolKit exploit tools, responsible for $2.3 million in damages and 40% of worldwide infections in 2012.

Group-IB played a key role in assisting the police crack the case with end-to-end investigations. On October 4, 2013, our collective efforts led to his arrest.

Our very own CEO, Dmitry Volkov, came face-to-face with Paunch for over 10 hours during the trial, fighting for the cybercriminal's rightful arrest. Intrigued by how it all went down?

Get the inside scoop here. A hat-tip to the Redditors over at r/pics for this throwback!

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