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Latvia to extradite computer hacker suspect to US
Associated Press ^ | Aug 6, 2013 8:39 AM EDT

Posted on 08/06/2013 5:52:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Latvia’s government has approved the extradition of a man accused by the United States of helping create a virus that affected over a million computers worldwide and allowed hackers to steal millions of dollars from bank accounts.

Deniss Calovskis was accused by U.S. authorities in January of participating in a conspiracy to infect computers with a virtually undetectable virus that intercepted and sent out sensitive data such as bank account numbers and passwords to unauthorized users. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bankrobbery; extradition; hacker; latvia

1 posted on 08/06/2013 5:52:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Heck yeah, the USA wants to get him back...

The NSA has a job waiting for him.


2 posted on 08/06/2013 5:56:39 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Olog-hai

He’ll be working for the NSAIRSDHSFBIDOJ Dept as soon as he steps off the plane...OBC needs all the help it can get to meet it’s October Grand Opening deadline...


3 posted on 08/06/2013 5:59:48 AM PDT by homegroan (Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option....)
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To: moovova

We’re sharp today ... only took two posts.


4 posted on 08/06/2013 6:05:07 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: moovova

Let him work from a prison cell.


5 posted on 08/06/2013 6:14:46 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Olog-hai

Latvian authorities apparently naive enough to think that Obama’s USA will come to their aid against Putin’s New USSR.


6 posted on 08/06/2013 7:19:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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