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In trial of accused LinkedIn hacker, defense says key prosecution witness biased

By Amy Miller ( July 8, 2020, 23:53 GMT | Insight) -- The attorney for a Russian man charged with hacking into LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring tried to portray a key witness for the prosecution as biased, as the trial continued today in San Francisco. Jurors in the trial of Yevgeniy Nikulin have heard FBI special agent Jeffrey Miller explain in minute detail how he traced the breaches back to a hacker in Russia following a trail of IP addresses gleaned from social media and online gaming accounts, online searches and instant messaging chats. But defense attorney Adam Gasner countered that Miller was desperate for a win after working on the case for years. The attorney for a Russian man charged with hacking into LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring tried to portray a key witness for the prosecution as biased, as the trial continued today in San Francisco....

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