Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks
Summary: Nikita Kislitsin, formerly head of network security at Group-IB, was arrested in Kazakhstan in response to U.S. charges tied to the 2012 Formspring hack and a 2013 Nevada indictment. Prosecutors allege he conspired with Yevgeniy Nikulin, who was convicted in 2020 of stealing 117 million usernames and passwords from Dropbox, Formspring and LinkedIn and is serving a seven-year sentence.
Why it matters: The Kremlin is already signaling it will block extradition and claims Kislitsin is wanted in Russia, setting up Kazakhstan - where Russians make up about 24 percent of the population - to choose between Moscow and the West over a man indicted more than a decade ago.
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