Prosecutor demands long sentence in Zurich hacker trial

A suspected hacker denied charges of developing ransomware at Zurich District Court on Monday, as prosecutors sought a lengthy prison sentence for the 52-year-old defendant. He told the court that he had never developed malware or taken part in any attacks. The source code for such programmes on his devices came from a client in the IT security sector for whom he had worked as a consultant, he claimed. The Office of the Attorney General of Zurich is seeking a twelve-year prison sentence for the…