Cybersecurity

Alleged Russian Hackers Get Another Chance To Fight Google Suit

  • Judge rejects Google’s request for default judgment in case
  • Judge says it’s not clear when Russians found out about suit
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google failed to persuade a judge to issue a default judgment against two Russians accused of operating a botnet that allegedly hacked into more than a million computers and devices worldwide.

Google had requested that Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov be found liable without a trial, claiming they had failed to reply to the lawsuit within legal time limits.