The Baltic Course reports:
Cyber-crime suspect from Riga Deniss Calovskis has turned to the European Court of Human Rights with a petition against the request from the United States for his extradition, LETA was informed by attorney Saulvedis Varpins.
The attorney said that according to announcements made by U.S. officials in the past, cyber-crimes in the country have been put on equal level with terrorism. In such cases, when national security is threatened, the U.S. can engage in physical and psychological torture against suspects in the name of national security.
Varpins said that in this case Calovskis is being accused of participating in the creation of a computer virus, which leads to concern that he U.S. law enforcement institutions could torture him to obtain more information on possible accomplices.
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We don’t physically torture cybercriminals, do we? We just criminalize what should be civil matters and then hound them/intimidate them into suicide.
Hehehehehe. Torture ? Awesome. Obviously he understands what he did, and yeah I’d say he ticked off more than just the USA.
Somehow I see him fully cooperating with whatever federal agency wishes to get the truth out of him. He must have created something special, or he has knowledge which is “vital to national security”.
This is a case that is tough on him and him alone. Fess Up and the person is seen as a snitch, and may not live long in prison. Don’t abide, and let the torturing begin.
I am sure this story will turn heads amongst the hacking community. There was a time, when hacking was done back before the turn of the century when hackers actually stayed away from hacking government agencies because they knew it was going to bring in an Agency to look for them.
Now a days, it seems either like an act of stupidity to do the same thing. If they would just look at the major hacks on the goverment and major businesses, you will see alot of hackers standing in front of the court. Obviously learning is not taking place. Go ahead ruin your life in order to gain 5-10 minutes of so-called fame. Bubba appreciates that.