Finland Detains Russian Accused of US Malware Crimes

Finland confirmed on Thursday it has detained a Russian citizen, Maxim Senakh, at the request of U.S. federal authorities on computer fraud charges, in a move that Russia calls illegal. The Finnish Justice Ministry says Senakh is accused in the state of Minnesota of infecting computer servers with malware, resulting in criminal gains worth millions of dollars. Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special representative for human rights, said on Wednesday that...

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