Trial Date Set For Traders Accused Of $100 Million Hacking Scheme

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trial-date-set-for-traders-accused-of-100-million-hacking-scheme-2015-09-03-9461837

By Wayne Duggan
Marketwatch.com
Sept 3, 2015

Arkadiy Dubovoy, a man who is accused of hiring hackers to infiltrate the 
databases of news networks to gain inside information prior to the public 
release of documents pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, and a judge set his 
trial date for November 4. The Russian trader’s son Igor has also been 
charged in the case.

The Story

Dubovoy is one of 32 traders that are accused of being involved in a 
massive hacking scheme that took place over a five-year period and 
involved more than 150,000 documents. The traders allegedly gave hackers 
“shopping lists” of documents that they wished to acquire prior to their 
public release. The reported victims of the scheme include news sites PR 
Newswire, Marketwired and Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRK.A, +0.15% BRK.B, 
-0.05% ’s Business Wire.

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