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Russian hacker gets 12 years in massive data theft scheme

by Larry Neumeister
| January 7, 2021 2:06 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A prolific Russian hacker who stole data from over a dozen U.S. companies and information about over 100 million U.S. consumers was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison after admitting involvement in one of the biggest thefts of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution.

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