Russian cyber criminals and other rich people often vacation globally. I didn’t check the defendant’s facebooks but I would be surprised if they have never visited the US.
Re:Google Sues Glupteba botnet [pdf]
by 4gotunameagain on Thursday December 16, 2021 @08:00AM
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Yeah rich people travel all over the place, sure, but equating the inability to visit Florida or Hawaii with jail time?!
Re:Google Sues Glupteba botnet [pdf]
by masterof0 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:43PM
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Florida? Putting Florida and Hawaii in the same sentence, is funny at best. There are plenty of countries these guys can travel to, if they have enough money, they can get a passport with a different name, etc. People don't care about the US as much as Americans think. Maybe OPs is from some 3rd world country where going to America is the dream of a lifetime.
> Perhaps it's not as life altering as jail or fines, but still: no holidays in Florida or Hawaii. No meeting peers at a congres in the US. Not even using flights from American carriers to go to South America, as they will likely pass via a US hub.
This is both telling, and curious. The kind of mental model of the world required to foster this as a concern for most people, is interesting.