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U.S. agrees to help Baltic states bolster grid cybersecurity
The agreement comes as the ex-Soviet countries look to disentangle themselves from Russian electric infrastructure.
Operator of 'VirusTotal for criminals' gets 14-year prison sentence
“Ruslan Bondars helped malware developers attack American businesses,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.
Latvian hacker sentenced to 33 months in prison for scareware scheme
At one time, Peteris Sahurovs was among the FBI's most wanted criminals.
Latvian national convicted of running 'VirusTotal-for-criminals' malware scanner
Ruslan Bondars was convicted by a federal jury on three charges for running the underground service.
Charges of political hacking emerge as major German federal election approaches
Another election, another information campaign with Russian ties.
Ahead of Trump-Putin meeting, Russian Embassy protests arrest of hacker
The Russian Embassy to the U.S. accused Washington Wednesday of "kidnapping" Yury Martyshev, a Latvian man with Russian citizenship who is accused of committing cybercrime, after Martyshev was extradited from Eastern Europe late last month to face charges in a Virginia court.
