UK Man Hacked Executives' Emails for Illegal Trades, US Alleges

In a surprising twist, law enforcement accused a UK-based resident of hacking into email accounts of various company executives to get inside information and execute illegal trades. By this daring scheme, he is said to have amassed a pretty fortune from these illicit dealings. Charges were brought in by the US Department of Justice against the accused, showing that the threat of cybercrime against the financial world keeps on growing.

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