11-08-2015 18:53 via feeds.theguardian.com

Nine charged with making $30m hacking into business newswires

Suspects in the US and Ukraine accused of reading corporate press releases before they came out, and then trading on that information ahead of the pack on Wall StreetNine people in the US and Ukraine were charged on Tuesday with making $30m by hacking into business newswire services, reading corporate press releases before they came out, and then trading on that information ahead of the pack on Wall Street.Federal authorities said it was the largest scheme of its kind ever prosecuted. In a measu
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