U.S. prosecutors reveal a newly unsealed 2018 indictment against the alleged hacker “Fxmsp” after his identity was revealed in a cybersecurity firm’s report. Cybersecurity expert: “For security researchers, it’s a real conundrum about whether they name people because they, of course, don’t know what law enforcement operations are going on” The Justice Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about how Turchin might have known of the charges against him. The information sharing has highlighted the importance of information sharing as well as law enforcement’s reliance on private cybersecurity researchers.”]
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