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Former Army soldier sentenced to nearly 6 years for telecom hacking, extortion

September 25, 2026 1 min read 5 views
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A former Army soldier who helped hack telecommunications companies and threatened to release stolen records unless they paid ransoms was sentenced Friday to 70 months in prison, the Justice Departmen

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