(Getty Images) Pioneering spammer Peter Levashov is sentenced to time served after 33 months Better known as "Severa," the Russian man was extradited to the U.S. three years ago. Jul 21, 2021 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Russian hacker pleads guilty for role in massive botnet schemes “For over two decades, Peter Levashov operated botnets which enabled him to harvest personal information from infected computers, disseminate spam, and distribute malware used to facilitate multiple… Sep 12, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
(Getty Images) Spanish court will extradite Russian cybercriminal suspect to U.S. “The ability of botnets like Kelihos to be weaponized quickly for vast and varied types of harms is a dangerous and deep threat to all Americans," a… Oct 3, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill