Contents tagged with cybercriminals
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Spanish court agreed to extradite Russian hacker to the US
The National Court of Spain approved the extradition to the US of a Russian citizen accused of creating a mass network of computer "bots" that were sending millions of spam emails a year.
According to the decision made by the National Court of Spain, a special court that considers requests for extradition, Russian Pyotr Levashov should be brought to trial in the US where law enforcement regards him as one of the most infamous criminal spammers. It was reported that he has the right to appeal …
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The arrested top-manager of Kaspersky Lab explained how Russian authorities are recruiting cybercriminals
The top manager of the Kaspersky Lab, Ruslan Stoyanov, who is now in a Moscow pre-trial prison (SIZO) on charges of state treason, said that Russian authorities are recruiting cybercriminals to carry out tasks ordered by the state.
As payment they are offered protection from investigations against them by the special services, Dozhd TV reported citing Stoyanov's letters.
"Lately, there have been signs of an effort 'to make patriots' out of Russian-speaking cybercriminals, by attempting to …