Security News > 2020 > April > Coronavirus delays trial of alleged Russian hacker a third time
Justice has already been slow in this case, and the pandemic isn't helping: His trial has been postponed for a third time.
Nikulin's trial in San Francisco federal court began 9 March but was paused on 18 March because of the coronavirus.
Ganesh Krishnan, a former LinkedIn employee who led its security response to an attack that led to millions of passwords being put up for sale on the dark web, and Federal investigator Emily Odom, who's set to testify about an alleged co-conspirator's ties to Nikulin.
A Russian doctor picked by the defense found that Nikulin was unfit to stand trial due to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a family history of mental illness and trauma, abuse at the hands of his father, and his brother's suicide.
At any rate, the court agreed that he is in fact able to understand the charges he's facing, to properly assist in his own defense, and to follow trial proceedings with the help of a Russian translator.
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