Czechs Arrest Russian Hacker Wanted By FBI (go.com)

Bookworm09 quotes a report from New York Times (paywalled, alternate source): A man identified as a Russian hacker suspected of pursuing targets in the United States has been arrested in the Czech Republic, the police announced Tuesday evening. The suspect was captured in a raid at a hotel in central Prague on Oct. 5, about 12 hours after the authorities heard that he was in the country, where he drove around in a luxury car with his girlfriend, according to the police. The man did not resist arrest, but he had medical problems and was briefly hospitalized, the police said in a statement. The FBI said in a statement that the man was "suspected of conducting criminal activities targeting U.S. interests. As cybercrime can originate anywhere in the world, international cooperation is crucial to successfully defeat cyber adversaries." ABC News reports: "Prague's Municipal Court will now have to decide on his extradition to the United States, with Justice Minister Robert Pelikan having the final say. Russian officials, however, are demanding that the suspect be handed over to them. Spokeswoman Marketa Puci said the court ruled on Oct. 12 that the man will remain in detention until the extradition hearing. No date has yet been set. U.S. authorities have two months to deliver to their Czech counterparts all of the documents necessary for the Czech authorities to decide on the extradition request."

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How Embarrasing

[rtb61]

Seriously guys, it looks really pathetic when the Czech police arrest some one and US law enforcers make the public statements. The only comment from Czech authorities, baa, baa, baa (Czech dudes watch out for the gum boots, http://www.urbandictionary.com...). The Czech police did the arresting, than they should make the public statements and the FBI should shut the fuck up, otherwise it looks really bad, like baa, baa, bad and right now thanks to the purposeful immigrant crisis Europeans are pretty pissed off with the US government and NATO and you do not want to be so diplomatically arrogant and clumsy.

Nothing to do with DNC

[imidan]

Because all of the posts so far are about the Clinton email/DNC hacks, and because the summary is obviously trying to cash in on current political events to make this a big story by excluding this, here is a quote FTFA:

Law enforcement officials in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment while the investigation was underway, said Wednesday that the suspect did not appear to be related to the hacking of the Democrats’ emails or to organizations like DCLeaks or WikiLeaks.