[HN Gopher] Founder of The Infraud Organization hacking group ar...
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       Founder of The Infraud Organization hacking group arrested in
       Moscow - source
        
       Author : kgeist
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2022-01-22 20:10 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (tass.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (tass.com)
        
       | mizzao wrote:
       | I found the US-Russia cooperation here intriguing given the
       | contentious discussions over the impending invasion of Ukraine.
       | Would anyone with more knowledge of geopolitics care to shed some
       | light on that?
        
         | gk1256 wrote:
         | I'm speculating here but It's possible Putin changed his mind
         | and now wants his share of their money which often counts to
         | millions of dollars.
        
         | peppa32 wrote:
         | I bet there is some non-public realpolitik happening. Maybe
         | Putin is giving Biden news headlines in order to distract
         | people and help him improving his falling rating in exchange to
         | some future favors. Maybe not.
        
         | coolspot wrote:
         | Besides geopolitics, simple answer could be that FSB protector
         | who covered this guy finally realized that crypto goes down for
         | long time, so it is better to take all collected funds now.
        
         | AlexAndScripts wrote:
         | This is Russia showing that being on good terms with it is
         | useful for the US. It has the power to stop the ransomware
         | problem if it wants to.
         | 
         | The implication being that if the US does too much about
         | Ukraine (meaningful weaponry/sanctions) there won't be
         | cooperation - but that if they do the bare minimum, well, their
         | law enforcement might start mysteriously catching more people.
        
         | anonporridge wrote:
         | Nation states are big and relations between them are absurdly
         | complex. You don't put all collaboration on hold every time a
         | territorial scuffle is happening, especially when nothing
         | explicit has actually happened yet. Just "tension".
        
       | ddtaylor wrote:
       | Probably just another OPSEC fail though =(
        
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