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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Gmail Accounts for the Kremlin

Red-Handed

Karim Baratov didn’t know he was doing work for Russia’s FSB when he cracked eight passwords of government officials for $100 apiece.

Kevin Poulsen
Kevin Poulsen 

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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Kevin Poulsen

Kevin Poulsen

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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