{"id":152,"date":"2025-12-19T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/163-ola\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:14:20","slug":"163-ola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/163-ola\/","title":{"rendered":"163: Ola"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker.<\/p>\n<p>Find Ola on X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/olabini\"><strong>https:\/\/x.com\/olabini<\/strong><\/a>. Or visit his website <a href=\"https:\/\/olabini.se\/blog\/\"><strong>https:\/\/olabini.se\/blog\/<\/strong><\/a>. 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Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/thalesgroup.com\/cyber\"><strong>http:\/\/thalesgroup.com\/cyber<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/darknetdiaries.com\/sponsors\/\"><strong>View all active sponsors.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2019\/08\/ecuador-political-actors-must-step-away-ola-binis-case\"><strong>https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2019\/08\/ecuador-political-actors-must-step-away-ola-binis-case<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2025\/04\/six-years-dangerous-misconceptions-targeting-ola-bini-and-digital-rights-ecuador\"><strong>https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2025\/04\/six-years-dangerous-misconceptions-targeting-ola-bini-and-digital-rights-ecuador<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2019\/04\/12\/ola-bini-detained-in-ecuador-for-90-days\/\"><strong>https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2019\/04\/12\/ola-bini-detained-in-ecuador-for-90-days\/<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2022\/10\/21\/ola-bini-the-cyberactivist-who-causes-panic-in-ecuador\/\"><strong>https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2022\/10\/21\/ola-bini-the-cyberactivist-who-causes-panic-in-ecuador\/<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2019\/09\/ecuador-allanamiento-violento-pone-en-riesgo-juicio-justo-ola-bini-2\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ola_Bini\"><strong>https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2019\/09\/ecuador-allanamiento-violento-pone-en-riesgo-juicio-justo-ola-bini-2\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ola_Bini<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker. 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