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Estonian Cybercriminal Sentenced For Infecting 4 Million Computers In 100 Countries With Malware In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme

United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, April 26, 2016. DNSChanger / Operation Ghost Click: Vladimir Tsastsin's sentence of more than seven years' imprisonment, imposed by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan federal court.

Source type
Prosecutor release
Published
April 26, 2016
Research grade
P1
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2

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Publisher
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Published
April 26, 2016
Source type
Prosecutor release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/estonian-cybercriminal-sentenced-infecting-4-million-computers-100-countries-malware
What it supports
DNSChanger / Operation Ghost Click: Vladimir Tsastsin's sentence of more than seven years' imprisonment, imposed by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan federal court
Dataset id
src_usao_sdny_tsastsin_sentenced_2016

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