# 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 — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:toms-hardware)  published 2026-09-02 14:22 ingested 2026-09-03 02:58

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