A Russian programmer has been sentenced to eight years behind bars in America for his part in a massive cybercriminal network that hacked into and drained victims' bank accounts.
Aleksandr Brovko, 36, was arrested in the Czech Republic in 2019 and extradited to America following a lengthy probe into Russian hacking rings. He was, according to the US government, “a member of elite, online forums designed for Russian-speaking cybercriminals to gather and exchange tools and services for crime.”
Brovko was born and raised in a middle-class Russian household and got a degree in systems engineering in 2006. However, according to court documents [PDF], he lost his job at a printing and advertising business “after a disagreement with the company’s management.”
He then did some work for a former classmate “who was looking for help in dire ..
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