The Russian hackers being hunted by the West - BBC News

After an unprecedented year of devastating cyber-attacks, an international push to track down hackers is under way.

Cyber gangs are being arrested in multiple countries, but not Russia, which has historically ignored accusations of harbouring some of the worst cyber-criminals.

BBC reporter Joe Tidy travelled to Russia to try to find the world’s most wanted hackers who are living millionaire lifestyles, with no chance of ever being arrested.

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[pro-creo]

Don't be so disappointed, every father could be so angry if some random people come and ask about his son

[CorvusRemalius]

You've sent a journalist to Russia on gathering information about hackers(one in particular) and resulted in getting a very upset middle aged man and no leads, most impressive BBC.

[imyourdad]

How do you expect to just simply meet or track down a man who has 5 million on his head.

[pikiwiki]

kind of hard to believe a guy who names his company "Evil Corp" isn't up to some kind of well, evil

[juggyno]

Goes to Russia ... finds out nothing! sounds like a classic BBC documentary😆

[kethokevis]

"U.S is a country who is never not responsible for its actions and words". Very truly said!

[o__ospectrum]

Hey BBC, why dont you do the same coverage on American hackers?

[abdulmoeedkhan]

What kind of journalism is that? No evidences. Just accusations. 🤔Seems you are sponsored by the us

[MENDNZ]

Didn't really expect they would get to chat with the hackers...

[romeae]

Cold war then : USA vs Russia
Cold war now :USA vs China
Cold war future: USA vs USA

[irishlad]

So when the CIA do this it's "National Security" but when Russia does it, it's criminal 🤣

[Eudaimonia]

Now that was a productive BBC investigation! We learnt so much...🤣

[fredo]

China has a hacker farm the size of Wembley Stadium.

[bparisfreedomranger]

Relying too much on technology is good for the hackers

[ernestavocado]

Maybe the USA should invest in cyber security instead of blaming others for its incompetence?

[explorerlinks]

Western journalists have a sense of entitlement when handling matters in other countries. As a journalist, I find this guy extremely unprofessional and utmost dumb for a journalist. What he is doing needs investigative journalism. He approaches it politically. That was deemed to fail right from the beginning

[nobody-]

So if you're a hacker go to Russia because it's a safe haven. Got it😂

[Siyamthanda]

Won't lie, I'm finding the journalists' interrogation of the guy's dad a bit disrespectful

[checkmategaming]

bbc journalist: I am just going to casually walk in and ask them to confess.

Hackers: nope

[ivotalvik]

If a stranger calls you on a phone and starts asking weird questions or wants to meet up, of course those people avoid them, because they think, that is a somewhat scam or advert. Those phone scams are quite popular in Russia and eastern Europe so Im not amused at all why they didnt meet with them