From Siberia with Love: How Two Alleged Cybercriminals Got a Cold Reception from Russia’s FSB

Two Russian nerds – one student, one small-town Siberian – upped their game from ‘World of Warcraft’ to ‘world of cyber warfare’, allegedly aiding Ukraine in Russian infrastructure cyberattacks. Now, they’re looking at 20 years of unplugged prison time. Talk about a fatal error in…

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Two birds, one stone? More like two cyber villians and a whole lot of Siberian chill. Russia's FSB has nabbed two dudes who were allegedly aiding Ukraine in cyberattacks against the motherland. One's a nerdy student, the other a 36-year-old from a town so small it probably only has one traffic light. They're both staring down the barrel of high treason charges, and a potential 20-year vacation in prison. Not exactly the kind of 'time off' one dreams of, right?

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