article_title name nationality
ivan maksakov
 ivan maksakov russian
ivan maksakov

ivan maksakov -lrb- born february 25 , 1983 -rrb- was one of the three men behind the start of ddos attacks for hire and extortion .
ivan was most famously known as `` exe '' , but he also used the nicknames : nasa , b-boy , x , x890 , and x3m1st .
a multinational law enforcement group made up of british , american , and russian private individuals and law enforcement agents captured maksakov , alexander petrov , and denis stepanov .
the three men were at the heart of an extortion ring which was extorting money from banks , internet casinos , and other web based businesses .
reported damages caused by maksakov , petrov , and stenanov range in the tens of millions of dollars .
on october 8 , 2007 , maksakov , petrov , stepanov were found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in the russian federation with a 100,000 ruble penalty .
