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A New Zealand teenager was convicted Tuesday for his central role in a global cyber crime ring which infected at least 1.3 million computers worldwide and caused millions of dollars in losses.
The malicious software allowed access to user names and passwords, as well as credit card details, and was used by other criminals to commit crimes.
New Zealand police cooperated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States as well as Dutch authorities to uncover the network.
The investigation started after an attack involving 50,000 computers crashed the server at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States in 2006.
Walker was living with his parents when he committed the crimes, but they believed he was doing legal computer programming work, a police statement said.
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