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September 29, 2020
Russian LinkedIn, Dropbox Hacker Gets 7-Year Sentence
U.S. District Judge William Alsup sentenced a Russian man found guilty of orchestrating the 2012 cyberattacks against LinkedIn and Dropbox to over seven years in prison Tuesday, urging the hacker to use his "brilliance" for a lawful profession upon his release and return to Russia.
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September 23, 2020
Feds Seek 12 Years For Russian LinkedIn, Dropbox Hacker
A Russian man found guilty of orchestrating the 2012 cyberattacks against LinkedIn and Dropbox asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to sentence him to time served, a day after prosecutors urged the court to hand down a much harsher sentence of 12 years in prison.
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August 27, 2020
Russian LinkedIn, Dropbox Hacker Says Trial Was Flawed
A Russian man found guilty of orchestrating the 2012 cyberattacks against LinkedIn and Dropbox has urged a California federal judge to acquit him on all charges, arguing that his conviction rested on unreliable circumstantial evidence.
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July 10, 2020
Russian Convicted In LinkedIn, Dropbox Cyberattacks
A California federal jury found a 32-year-old Russian national guilty of carrying out cyberattacks against LinkedIn and Dropbox on Friday, finding that the government had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the breaches that compromised over 100 million users' data in 2012.
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July 09, 2020
FBI Agent Grilled On Russian Officials' Integrity In Hack Trial
Counsel for a Russian national on trial in California federal court over 2012 cyberattacks on LinkedIn and Dropbox tore into an FBI agent who investigated the data breaches on Thursday, cross-examining the agent about the reliability of evidence provided by Russian authorities before resting his case without calling witnesses.
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July 08, 2020
Alsup Rips Feds' 'Mumbo Jumbo' In Russian's Hacking Trial
U.S. District Judge William Alsup expressed frustration Wednesday with a federal prosecutor's attempt to tie online personas to a Russian national on trial over 2012 cyberattacks on LinkedIn and Dropbox, calling the government's efforts "mumbo jumbo" and wondering aloud whether prosecutors were wasting the jury's time.
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July 07, 2020
Alsup Slams Feds' 'Stunts' In Trial Of Alleged Russian Hacker
U.S. District Judge William Alsup criticized a prosecutor Tuesday for presenting "obviously prejudicial" jailhouse phone records instead of "real evidence" against a Russian national on trial in California for allegedly hacking into LinkedIn and Dropbox, saying, "You may end up losing this case because of stunts like that."
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July 06, 2020
Jury Trial Of Russian Suspect In LinkedIn Breach Resumes
A California federal jury trial for a Russian man whom the U.S. government accuses of breaching LinkedIn and Dropbox resumed Monday in San Francisco after a nearly four-month hiatus prompted by COVID-19 concerns, making it the first jury trial in the Northern District of California since the pandemic began.
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April 28, 2020
Alleged LinkedIn Hacker's Trial Delayed Again Over Pandemic
A Russian man accused of hacking three tech companies, including LinkedIn and Dropbox, had his criminal trial paused again until June 1 after jurors and witnesses expressed concern about showing up to the courtroom amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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April 27, 2020
Jury In Paused Hacking Trial Has Some COVID-19 Concerns
Nine California federal jurors on Friday expressed concerns with resuming the trial of a Russian man accused of hacking three tech companies, with one telling the court they are a physician "on the front-lines" battling COVID-19 and others citing age, underlying health concerns or close contact with high-risk family members.