Cybersecurity
Accused Yahoo Hacker Had Lamborghini, Aston Martin at 22
- Karim Baratov charged in U.S. with working for Russians
- Baratov’s extradition from Canada sought by U.S. prosecutors
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A Canadian accused of hacking Yahoo! Inc. email accounts on behalf of the Russian government appeared in court seeking bail ahead of a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the U.S. for trial.
Karim Baratov, 22, was one of four people indicted by the U.S. government last month and charged with working for Dmitry Dokuchaev, a hacker for Russia’s FSB security service -- the successor to the KGB. It’s not clear whether Baratov knew he was working for the FSB, but his father denied any such connection.