Case that has rumbled on since 2016 may have to be started again from scratch
The man accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and the Formspring Q&A forum, and later selling the stolen data of hundreds of millions of users, has seen his trial disrupted a third time by the coronavirus pandemic.
At a hearing on Tuesday, Judge William Alsup again delayed the US trial of alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin until June 1; the third such delay since the COVID-19 virus appeared in San Francisco, where proceedings are unfolding. The judge also reviewed responses [PDF] from jurors who were asked last week whether they would be happy to return to the courthouse given the potential health risk.
A majority said no, ..
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