Russian hacker wanted by U.S. tells court he worked for Putin's party
Source: Reuters
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 / 12:09 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Jack Stubbs
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian hacker arrested in Spain on a U.S. warrant said on Thursday he previously worked for President Vladimir Putins United Russia party and feared he would be tortured and killed if extradited, RIA news agency reported.
Peter Levashov was arrested while on holiday in Barcelona in April. U.S. prosecutors later charged him with hacking offences, accusing him of operating a network of tens of thousands of infected computers used by cyber criminals.
Levashovs comments offered a rare glimpse into the relationship between cyber criminals and the Russian state. U.S. officials say Russian authorities routinely shield hackers from prosecution abroad before recruiting them for espionage work.
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He told a court in Madrid on Thursday that he had worked for the United Russia party for the last 10 years. I collected different information about opposition parties and delivered it to the necessary people at the necessary time, RIA quoted him as saying.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-botnet/russian-hacker-wanted-by-u-s-tells-court-he-worked-for-putins-party-idUSKCN1C32EP
underpants
(182,878 posts)Thanks
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)as their evil empire* russian moneybot troll-boyo buddies screw over American democracy and continue to perpetrate ACTS OF WAR** against the American people.
* per ronald reagan
** per all 17 US Intelligence Agencies & even dick freaking cheney
byronius
(7,401 posts)More than one-third of the American population are fine with their new Russian overlords.
Because racism is the new religion.
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Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)Peter Levashov's arrest is unique because of his direct connection to Putin's kleptocracy.
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Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)and here's a decent link on the most current arrest:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-botnet/russian-hacker-wanted-by-u-s-tells-court-he-worked-for-putins-party-idUSKCN1C32EP
If you need more, try Google.
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Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)How's that search going?
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Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)That's what the word is on the street.
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Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)and they are never wrong.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Russia by cutting off all domestic internet access. The can have their own, and the rest of us can have ours. Anyone linked with theirs will have no access to ours. Including Facebook, Twitter etc.
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True_Blue
(3,063 posts)Unfortunately, that's not going to happen as long as Putin's puppets are in control of the WH. Congress needs to do their job and get the Russian traitors out of the WH.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)Repuli-Scums !!!!!!
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bluestarone
(17,030 posts)get any of this testimony??????????????????????