US CHARGES 19-YEAR-OLD HACKER ARRESTED IN FINLAND
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US prosecutors have charged Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen known online as 'Bouquet,' with membership in Scattered Spider, a notorious hacking collective. Stokes was arrested at Helsinki airport earlier this month.
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