The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced Russian resident Andrey Kirsanov, found guilty of creating and distributing malicious computer programs (Article 273, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The prosecution had requested 1.5 years of restriction of freedom for Kirsanov, but the judge decided to restrict the man’s freedom for 2.5 years.
In 2014, Andrey Kirsanov wrote the Ciber Tank program, which automatically aimed at the most vulnerable spots of enemy armor in World of Tanks. Later, he wrote a similar cheat for World of Warships. Kirsanov distributed and sold the cheats through a website he created.
Investigators estimated the damage from Kirsanov’s actions at 670 million rubles. Meanwhile, Wargaming, the developer of World of Tanks and World of Warships, made no claims against the defendant.
Andrey Kirsanov fully admitted his guilt and does not intend to appeal the court’s decision.