On June 23, the United Sates Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the first defendant to ever be extradited from Moldova was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to computer hacking. The defendant allegedly operated an organization called Blackshades, which sold and distributed a malware tool that enabled cybercriminals to take control of users' computers.

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