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Convicted Ukrainian hacker starts political party

Former Carderplanet.com hacker "the script" creates the Internet Party of Ukraine.

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As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and other outlets to share his knowledge about the latest online threats and to offer advice on personal and corporate security.
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Would you hire a former criminal hacker? Better question: would you elect a former criminal hacker to political office?

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Credit goes to Brian Krebs over at the Washington Post's Security Fix blog for recognizing that Dmitri Ivanovich Golubov, a 24-year-old from Odessa, has started the "Internet Party of Ukraine." Golubov, whose hacker nickname is "Script," was arrested and even jailed in 2005 in connection with Carderplanet.com, a site that bought and traded credit and debit card credentials. After only six months in prision, Ukrainian politicians convinced a judge to set Golubov free.

What's really interesting, as Krebs points out, is that should Golubov gain a seat in the Ukrainian government, that position would grant him automatic immunity from prosecution for criminal activities under Ukrainian law.