Pair partly responsible for largest bank-card theft ring in American history Two Russian criminals have been sent down in America after pleading guilty to helping run the largest credit-card hacking…
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Russian bot-herder and election-fiddling suspect closer to US trial
It’s an international tug-of-war: Russia also wants to extradite Peter Levashov By Richard Chirgwin The 36-year-old Russian accused of herding pump-and-dump spambots will be tried in America, following a decision…
Prices for fake news campaigns revealed
Mounting a year-long fake news campaign can cost about $400,000 (£315,000), suggests a report. The Trend Micro report draws on price lists found on sites that run the misinformation campaigns.…
Putin: Patriotic Russians may be involved in hacking
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested “patriotic” Russian citizens might be engaged in hacking. Such individuals might be joining “the justified fight against those speaking ill of Russia,” he said.…
Russian man pleads guilty over $500m malware scam
A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m). Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel…
US charges Russian spies over Yahoo breach
Two Russian spies are among four individuals indicted by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over a huge theft of Yahoo user accounts. The members of the FSB, the Russian…