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Hacker accused of orchestrating massive hack of US financial institutions arrested

A 35-year-old Russian national has been extradited from Georgia to the United States and arrested for allegedly taking part in a major hacking operation. Andrei Tyurin has been linked to illicit online gambling, securities market manipulation schemes, payment processing fraud and the theft of over 80 million customers from a single institution in Manhattan. The computer hacking campaign started in 2012 and ran until mid-2015. The arrest was a joint effort of the Secret Service New York Field Office Electronic Crimes Task Force, FBI New York Office Cyber Division and global partners.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-accused-of-orchestrating-massive-hack-of-us-financial-institutions-arrested/

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