Czechs arrest Russian hacker sought by United States

The man, so far unidentified by USA authorities, was taken into custody by Czech National Police in Prague, based on a “red notice” issued by Interpol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

According to a statement issued by Czech police, the man appeared to be “surprised” when arrested by officers at a hotel in central Prague.

Russian hackers have been implicated in a large-scale hack of the Democratic Party in the USA, which led to Hillary Clinton’s private emails being leaked.

David Schön, a police spokesman, said on Wednesday that the man, whose name has not been released, was arrested on October 5. “Russian Federation does not recognize the practice of extraterritorial jurisdiction that the United States is imposing throughout the world”.

USA and Czech authorities have not specified the charges being filed against the man and have reportedly declined to confirm if he is a suspect in the LinkedIn data breach.

In May, LinkedIn said that the 2012 breach resulted in more than 100 million of its users’ passwords being compromised – vastly more than previously thought.

The FBI dubbed the Czech cooperation as necessary to “successfully defeat cyber adversaries”. The man willsoon appear before a Czech judge to determine whether he will be extradited to the United States, according to Reuters. Jeff Pegues reports on what the arrest could mean for U.S.

American officials have suspected Russians were involved with the hacking of Democratic Party officials.

On Friday, US Vice President Joe Biden told NBC News television “we are sending a message” to Mr Putin, and retaliation for Russia’s hacking attacks “will be at the time of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest impact”.

Russian news agency TASS said Russia would act to protect its citizen.

Cyberattacks suspected of originating in Russian Federation have produced major headlines in recent months – especially because some appear to be created to influence the USA presidential election. Russian Federation has vigorously denied that.

It is not immediately clear if this case has anything to do with that accusation. Relations between Washington and Moscow have soured over the conflct in Ukraine and failed attempts to find a military or diplomatic solution to the war in Syria. Get twice-daily updates on what the St. Louis business community is talking about.