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Hacker accused of Linkedin, Dropbox and Formspring breaches indicted by FBI

29-year-old Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin allegedly behind LinkedIn, Formspring and Dropbox data breaches of 2012. He allegedly stole 68 million user credentials from Dropbox, 117 million from LinkedIn and 420,000 hashed passwords were leaked from Formspring with intent to traffic stolen credentials. If found guilty, he faces 32 years in prison and more than $1million in fines. He was indicted by the FBI for obtaining information from computers, causing damage to computers, trafficking in access devices and aggravated identity theft.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-accused-of-linkedin-dropbox-and-formspring-breaches-indicted-by-fbi/

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