Russian hacker behind an elite crime forum pleads guilty to multiple charges

Russian hacker behind an elite crime forum pleads guilty to multiple chargesLast week, a well-connected Russian cybercrime boss, Aleksei Burkov, pleaded guilty to running an online criminal marketplace and a site that sold stolen credit and debit card data. What's even more intriguing, than the $20 million in fraudulent purchases that Burkov's site facilitated and the exclusive cybercrime ring he ran, is how badly Russia wanted to prevent Burkov from being extradited to the US.




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