Wall Street Journal reporter Robert McMillan has spent years trying to find a Russian hacker whose story he could tell. And then, he met Dmitry Smilyanets, the man who managed one of the most notorious hacking teams to ever come out of Russia.

Dmitry’s story is one of a generation of hackers who grew up in Russia. It follows the dramatic game of cat and mouse that America plays trying to catch cybercriminals like Dmitry. And in Dmitry’s case, it ends with him facing a choice: go to prison for decades, or help the U.S. government stop hackers like himself.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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