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But money can certainly help with the negotiating.

All of this smells like a prosecutor wanting a big case hit so he can advance his career.

All cyber-security firms said they never got hits for Kronos or UPAS-Kit.

The first Kronos detections came after his arrest. Go figure that! How do you charge someone for developing malware that never infected anyone?

They had hits, but they said they never registered US victims. Kronos, in its early days, was apparently seen only in Europe.

That's simply not correct, kronos was well documented before his arrest.