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  "id": 5147349,
  "title": "Russian national facing 20 years for malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelancers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/russian-national-facing-20-years-for-malware-campaign-that-infected",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-02T18:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/russian-national-facing-20-years-malware-campaign"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev appeared in a San Francisco federal court on Monday after being arrested in Cyprus in May 2025 and extradited to the U.S. last week.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hacker News",
        "title": "Extradited Russian Hacker Faces Charges Over Excel Malware Campaign That Infected Thousands",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/extradited-russian-hacker-faces-charges-over-excel-malware-campaign",
        "published": "2026-09-02T09:10:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Russian hacker faces up to 20 years in prison, following extradition and indictment over US phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs — hacker stole victims' data via remote access",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/russian-hacker-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-following-extradition",
        "published": "2026-09-02T14:22:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "New pro-Ukraine hacker group targets Russian companies with custom ransomware",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/new-pro-ukraine-hacker-group-targets-russian-companies-with-custom",
        "published": "2026-09-02T15:07:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}