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Russia-linked hacker Karim Baratov gets 5 years in U.S. prison & $250,000 fine for Yahoo breach / Boing Boing

A Canadian man born in Kazakhstan has been sentenced to five years in prison for crimes connected to the massive Yahoo security breach that U.S. federal agents say was directed by Russian government spies.

“Karim Baratov, an FSB go-to guy for webmail hacking, was sentenced to 5 years in prison this morning, less than the nearly 8 years sought by the Justice Department,” says Daily Beast’sKe…

Hamilton Man Pleads Guilty To Assisting Russian Hacking @TheJusticeDept

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – Karim Baratov, aka Kay, aka Karim Taloverov, aka Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, 22, a Canadian national and resident of Hamilton, pleaded guilty to charges returned by a grand jury in the Northern District of California in February 2017. Baratov and three other defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service, Russia’s domestic law enforcement and…

Maurepas | Guillemont | 30 Jun 1916

Maurepas and Guillemont The ears are senseless that should give us hearing to tell his commandment is fulfilled; that Maurepas and Guillemont are dead. Ahem. Those names just seem to flow together in the same way that “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern” do. You know what’s not flowing at the moment? The River Somme. There’s a highly arresting story from about now-ish that I can’t quite verify 100%.…