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Russian Agency Charges FBI Agent With Hacking

Posted by timothy on from the house-rules dept.

eNonymous Coward writes "An FBI agent who helped lure two Russian 'hackers' to the USA in 2000 so that they could be arrested is now being charged with hacking himself by the Russian FSB. You might remember that Gorshkov and Ivanov exploited an NT vulnerability to steal information from corporate networks, which was then used to extort money from the companies; they're also accused of being behind the CDUniverse and Western Union credit card database thefts. Last year a federal judge ruled that the FBI's action was legal, but the FSB disagrees."

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  1. I guess... by serps · · Score: 4, Funny

    Turnabout's fair play, eh?

    --
    "Einstein argued that [...] God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer." ~ Brooks
  2. Appropriate Punishment? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say extradite this fed to Russia, and hand him over to Dmitry Sklyarov. I'll leave the rest for you to imagine.