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Hacker With Victims in 100 Nations Gets 7 Years in Prison

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Dissent

Patricia Hurtado reports:

An Estonian man who admitted directing what the U.S. called a massive “cybercriminal enterprise” that infected more than 4 million computers in 100 countries was sentenced to more than seven years in prison, the U.S. said.

Vladimir Tsastsin, who was brought to the U.S. in 2014 for trial after fighting extradition for almost three years, pleaded guilty in July to conspiring to commit computer intrusion and wire-fraud conspiracy. In addition to imposing an 87-month prison term Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ordered Tsastsin to forfeit $2.5 million, according to a statement by prosecutors.

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