Easily guessed password led to downfall of Russian cybercriminal

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Easily guessed password led to downfall of Russian cybercriminal

Bad opsec sends empire crashing.

The fate of convicted Russian hacker Roman Seleznev was all but sealed after federal authorities were able to easily gain access to his confiscated laptop containing incriminating information. When Seleznev was arrested in 2014 while vacationing in the Maldives, "law enforcement was able to grab ...

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