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Extradition is the formal process by which one country or jurisdiction asks another to surrender a person for prosecution or to serve a sentence. It is governed by treaties and domestic law, and is not automatic: authorities may assess whether the alleged conduct is a crime in both jurisdictions, whether evidence supports the request, and whether human-rights or political safeguards apply.

For information security, extradition matters when alleged hacking, unauthorized access, online fraud, or theft of data spans borders. A suspect’s location, the affected systems, and relevant logs may all fall under different legal authorities, so investigators must preserve evidence with reliable timestamps, chain of custody, and attention to privacy and data-transfer rules. Extradition is only one route; authorities may instead seek evidence through mutual legal assistance or pursue a case where the suspect is located. Security teams should therefore coordinate promptly with legal counsel and law enforcement, avoid treating threat-intelligence attribution alone as proof, and retain records in forms that can support proceedings across jurisdictions.

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Also, EU probes Snapchat, RedLine suspect extradited, AstraZeneca leak claim surfaces, and more infosec in brief The cybercrime crew linked to the Trivy supply-chain attack has struck again, this time pushing malicious Telnyx package versions to PyPI in an effort to plant credential-stealing malware on developers’ systems.…

The digital intrusion allegedly caused thousands of pounds of meat to spoil and triggered an ammonia leak in the facility A Ukrainian woman accused of hacking US public drinking water systems and a meat processing facility on behalf of Kremlin-backed cyber groups was extradited to the US earlier this year and will stand trial in early 2026.…

PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more Infosec in Brief Welcome to 2025: hopefully you enjoyed a pleasant holiday season and returned to the security operations center without incident - unlike Volkswagen, which last week admitted it exposed data describing journeys made by some of its electric vehicles, plus info about the vehicle’s owners.…

The Register 2 years, 4 months ago

LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars

Canadian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000, £500,000) in restitution to some of his victims by a Canadian court as he awaits extradition to the US.…

There was a young man from Moldova, who the Feds just want to roll over, but with 20 inside, and nowhere to hide, he just wants it all to be over A Moldovan who allegedly ran the compromised-credential marketplace E-Root has been extradited from the UK to America to stand trial.…

Trio alleged to have blackmailed over 100 targets after threats of intimate image release Two Nigerian men have been extradited to the US and were scheduled to appear in deferral court on Monday, charged with sextortion and causing the death of one of their victims: a teen who was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.…

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