Russian Hacker Gets 3 Years in U.S. Prison
from the that's-what-you-get dept
One of the Russian hackers who was lured to the US to do some "work" for a fake company set up by the FBI - which was really used to snag his password and access to his machines in Russia has been sentenced to three years in prison. Of course, there's no indication how this will impact the charges from Russia that the FBI agent who handled the case then broke the law by hacking into the Russian's computer.
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