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10/01/2020
Russian Gets 7 Years in Prison for Linkedin, Dropbox & Formspring Hacks
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A Russian man received a seven-year prison sentence for having hacked into computers belonging to LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring.
On September 30, Honorable William H. Alsup, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, sentenced Yevgeniy Alexandrovich Nikulin, 32, of Russia to 88 months in prison.
This decision marked the end of a six-day trial for crimes committed by Nikulin against several technology companies in the Bay Area.
Court documents revealed that Nikulin had hacked into the computer of a LinkedIn employee living in the Bay Area while he was located in Moscow.
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