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Russian government confirms rare criminal charges against ransomware hacker | TechCrunch

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Russian authorities have accused a 32-year-old resident of Kaliningrad of creating and launching ransomware attacks.

The arrest of a suspected ransomware member from inside Russia ’s borders is rare, though not unheard of.

The Russian government has a long history of shielding its citizens from U.S. law enforcement actions associated with cybercrime.

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