MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Russian Accused of Hacking U.S. Technology Firms Is Extradited from Czech Rep.
By artappraiser on Fri, 03/30/2018 - 7:38pm |By Marc Santora and Hana de Goeij @ NYTimes.com, March 30
PRAGUE — A Russian man accused of hacking the systems of three American technology companies in 2012, possibly compromising the personal information of more than 100 million users, was extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic on Friday.
The man, Yevgeniy A. Nikulin, appeared in Federal District Court in San Francisco after arriving in the city around 6 a.m. He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley scheduled his next court appearance for next week.
“This is deeply troubling behavior once again emanating from Russia,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. “We will not tolerate criminal cyberattacks and will make it a priority to investigate and prosecute these crimes, regardless of the country where they originate.” [....]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/world/europe/russian-hacker-us-czech-republic.html
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