
114 n Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
shot several times, including the “control shot” to the head that is the hallmark of Russian hired
assassins. Although certainly sensationalistic, the story raised questions as to its veracity and the
motivations for posting such an item, and the blog soon proved to be a fake, with both Tolstokozhev
and his murder nonexistent. Prior to being debunked, the story was picked up by several news
aggregators and legitimate blogs and distributed even further, raising the site across all major search
engines. Unfortunately for the post’s creators, the story was too sensational and attracted the ...