Alexey Ivanov, then a 20-year-old computer programmer from Chelyabinsk, Russia, applied for a job with a Seattle security firm. Ivanov and fellow programmer Vasiliy Gorshkov were charged with conspiracy, computer fraud, hacking and extortion. The case was touted as a major success story in the battle to protect American corporations from the menace of foreign hackers. But the case also leaves important cyberlaw questions unanswered, especially in the area of uniform international rules for Internet search.”]