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Russia Jails Hacker For Spilling Top Government Officials' Secrets (reuters.com)
A Russian court sentenced a prominent hacker to two years in jail on Thursday after a secret trial which heard how he had accessed and leaked the email accounts of top government officials, Russian news agencies reported. From a report: The court found Vladimir Anikeyev, named as head of a famous hacking collective called Shaltai Boltai (Humpty Dumpty), guilty of illegally accessing computer data in collusion with a criminal group. The TASS news agency said he was accused of breaking into the email account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman as well as the account of an official in the presidential administration among many others.
Don't forget there's also the Russian opposition party early retirement plan: get shot on the footsteps of the Kremlin.
Only crack the nuts that crack. You don't put the ones that don't crack in the sack.
You also have to watch out for people with umbrellas and should stay away from drinking tea.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil