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Hacker gets 8 years for stealing $3.3 million from taxpayers

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. [...]

Analysis

A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on Oct 20, 2026.

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