ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Romanian hacker who targeted the Bush family, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and others has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.
Forty-four-year-old Marcel Lazar is known by the nickname Guccifer. He’s best known for hacking the email account of a Bush family member and revealing private family photos and paintings connected to former presidents George H.W.
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