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A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to four years in a US federal prison for selling on a dark-web marketplace stolen login credentials for more than 6,700 compromised servers. Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, 28, was arrested by Polish authorities in Korczowa, Poland, on October 3, 2020, and extradited to America. He pleaded …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    That's one way to avoid the draft...

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Draft? He was arrested in Poland in 2020.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Jurismydiction

    Seems weird not to prosecute in Poland where he actually was. Had he at any time been in the US before?

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    1. Craig 2
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      Re: Jurismydiction

      The article doesn't say he broke any laws in Poland, although it does specifically mention 150k+ servers in the USA. If he hadn't been physically to the US before, he certainly had digitally.

      Not sure why Florida was given separate stats though, does the rest of the US hate Florida so much they've disowned it?!

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Can't be Ukranian. Ukrainians are unsullied (this month)

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