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Russia Jails Hacker For Spilling Top Government Officials' Secrets (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tough-luck dept.

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.

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  1. I'm guessing he's not part of an opposition party by ItsJustAPseudonym · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If he had been part of an 'opposition party', he'd also have been charged with embezzlement, given 10 years in jail, and forbidden from running for office, ever. That seems to be standard operating practice in Russia lately.

  2. Russia is hacking Russia? by guruevi · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was Russia hacking the US, Now you're telling me Russia is hacking Russia?

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    1. Re:Russia is hacking Russia? by bobbied · · Score: 3, Insightful

      In mother Russia, you hack everybody but mother Russia....

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  3. Re:I'm guessing he's not part of an opposition par by Plus1Entropy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget there's also the Russian opposition party early retirement plan: get shot on the footsteps of the Kremlin.

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  4. Re:I'm guessing he's not part of an opposition par by Nidi62 · · Score: 2, Informative

    You also have to watch out for people with umbrellas and should stay away from drinking tea.

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  5. Lame joke, but too bad. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2

    In Soviet Russia, irony laughs at you.

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  6. The "Green" Party by Tablizer · · Score: 2

    And don't forget about Smurfication.

    One is either very brave, very naive, or suicidal to run against, or even speak up against Putin. He's pure liquid KGB. Russia is a democracy in name only.

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  7. Re:I'm guessing he's not part of an opposition par by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 2

    If he was a Democrat party member who was going to reveal information, he'd just get a few bullets in the back and have it claimed to be a "robbery" where nothing was taken...

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  8. Re:I'm guessing he's not part of an opposition par by rtb61 · · Score: 2

    If he had been an American in America and did that to an American government, he would have got a life sentence or worse a death sentence, so what the fuck is your point. Fuck the stupid what ifs, fucking hell, the dude only got 2 years.

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