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British man arrested over hack-to-trade scheme using email password resets

A British man faces extradition to the US after hacking Office 365 email accounts of executives in order to gain inside information for stock trades. The US Department of Justice said London-based Robert Westbrook began his hack-to-trade scheme in 2019 and ran for at least a year until 2020. By using the information collected, he made $3.75 million, according to…