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Swiss hacker charged for leaking proprietary source code

Swiss national Till Kottmann, 21, has been charged for conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He has been at the forefront of numerous leaks involving source code, some of it proprietary or confidential, from dozens of large companies. The indictment says that the leaks included internal files and records from more than 100 entities. The domain used for leaking the data, git.rip, is no longer online as the FBI seized it recently. The initial charges are for previous hacking activities as the they date from September 2020.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/swiss-hacker-charged-for-leaking-proprietary-source-code/

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