‘Russian pirate hacked 39 British universities’ | Business | The Sunday Times

"A Russian internet pirate under investigation for potential ties to Russia’s intelligence services is alleged to have hacked the systems of 39 British universities.

Alexandra Elbakyan is founder of Sci-Hub, a website that publishes millions of academic papers free that would otherwise be available only through subscriptions or one-off payments. She has created a repository of 78m works by using log-in credentials obtained through email scams, password breaking, dark web purchases and even willing participants, according to Andrew Pitts of PSI, a group that fights academic piracy...."