Computer Crimes And Punishment

guest · Nov 8, 2018

5 Arrested in South Korea For Injecting Crypto Mining Malware in 6,000 PCs
November 8, 2018
https://www.ccn.com/5-arrested-in-south-korea-for-injecting-crypto-mining-malware-in-6000-pcs/

Five men in South Korea were arrested on Thursday for illicitly injecting crypto mining malware into more than 6,000 computers.

Local police and the Korean National Police Agency Cyber Bureau said in an official statement that a group of five hackers led by a 24-year-old Kim Amu-gae released 32,435 emails containing cryptocurrency mining malware targeting desktop users in South Korea.

In a period of two months from October to December in 2017, the group of hackers sent messages containing malware to tens of thousands of job applicants, posing as employers.
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ronjor · Nov 9, 2018

Fifth Defendant Pleads Guilty to Participating in Sophisticated International Cellphone Fraud Scheme

Thursday, November 8, 2018
A former West Palm Beach, Florida resident pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
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ronjor · Nov 9, 2018

Man sent letter bomb to Bitcoin firm 'over password reset'

BBC
Jermu Michael Salonen, 43, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison at Stockholm District Court.
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guest · Nov 12, 2018

Car crash data thief 'unlucky' to be jailed
November 12, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46185667

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says it is the first time someone will go to prison as a result of a case it has prosecuted.

Mustafa Kasim stole accident information and the names, phone numbers and vehicle details of those involved.
Kasim used a former co-workers' login details to access software used to estimate repair costs, which stored the personal information.

He was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to the offence at London's Wood Green Crown Court.

The watchdog typically prosecutes offences like this under the Data Protection Act, which cannot lead to prison, but opted in this case to use the Computer Misuse Act, which gives courts greater latitude when it comes to sentencing.
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guest · Nov 13, 2018

ROM site owners reach $12 million settlement with Nintendo
November 13, 2018
https://www.techspot.com/news/77398-rom-site-owners-reach-12-million-settlement-nintendo.html

What just happened? Back in July, Nintendo launched a lawsuit against two ROM-hosting sites for trademark and copyright infringement. Now, the married couple behind them have agreed a settlement with the Japanese gaming giant that will exceed $12 million.

Nintendo has long been known as a firm that does what it can to fight third-party emulators and ROMs. This was made abundantly clear when it issued lawsuits against LoveRETRO and LoveROMs, both run by Jacob and Cristian Mathias.

With both parties wanting to avoid lengthy and costly court proceedings, the couple took down the sites and entered a settlement deal with Nintendo. TorrentFreak reports that the two sides have agreed to a consent judgment.
Additionally, the parties have agreed to a permanent injunction, meaning the couple can’t infringe on Nintendo’s copyrights again in the future.
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Minimalist · Nov 14, 2018

Man pleads guilty to swatting attack that led to death of Kansas man

Federal prosecutors in Kansas announced Tuesday that a 25-year-old Californian has admitted that he caused a Wichita man to be killed at the hands of local police during a swatting attack late last year.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...ting-attack-that-lead-to-death-of-kansas-man/

ronjor · Nov 15, 2018

Romanian Hacker 'Guccifer' Extradited to US

Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) November 15, 2018
Former Taxi Driver Receives Conditional Release From Prison in Romania
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Minimalist · Nov 15, 2018

Suspected Russian cybercriminal arrested in Bulgaria at U.S. request, lawyer says

Bulgarian authorities last week arrested an accused Russian cybercriminal based on an Interpol warrant that originated with prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York, a lawyer familiar with the case told CyberScoop.

Alexander Zhukov, a Russian national, was apprehended by police after he was indicted in absentia by U.S. prosecutors, according to Arkady Bukh, a New York-based attorney with a history of representing suspected hackers from Eastern Europe. Bukh now is in negotiations to represent Zhukov, he said Wednesday.
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https://www.cyberscoop.com/suspecte...ested-in-bulgaria-at-u-s-request-lawyer-says/

guest · Nov 16, 2018

A New Zealand Woman Was Charged for Doxing a Sex Worker Online
November 16, 2018
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...-woman-charged-for-doxing-a-sex-worker-online

Exposing the personal information of a vulnerable person—a practice known as “doxing”—is a cruel and dangerous act. This is especially true when the victim is someone working in a profession that carries as much stigma and personal risk as sex work

Margaret Herewini-Te Huna was sentenced for one count of "posting a harmful digital communication" in a Wellington, New Zealand district court this week, according to the New Zealand Herald.

Being on the internet isn’t a free pass [...] “It's not a licence for people to forget about civility and other normal means of interaction that are so often forgotten about when tapping on a keyboard,” he said.
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Minimalist · Nov 17, 2018

Cryptocurrency Trader Gets 15 Months of Jail for Stealing Bitcoin, Litecoin

U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood sentenced Joseph Kim from Phoenix, Arizona, to 15 months behind bars for wire fraud in the first Chicago criminal prosecution related to cryptocurrency.
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https://news.softpedia.com/news/cry...il-for-stealing-bitcoin-litecoin-523835.shtml

guest · Nov 17, 2018

Cryptocurrency fraudster faces 5 years in prison for selling fake ICOs
November 16, 2018
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/11/16/cryptocurrency-fraudster-fake-icos/

Maksim Zaslavskiy, a former institutional developer and “businessman,” plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud before a New York district court yesterday, reports FinanceFeeds.

Zaslavskiy confessed to defrauding “around” 1,000 investors with a cryptocurrency called RECoin, marketed as the first ever cryptocurrency to be backed by real estate.

“The calculated lies of Zaslavskiy and others led unsuspecting investors who thought they were purchasing cryptocurrency securities to buy worthless certificates,” said US district attorney Richard Donague.
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ronjor · Nov 19, 2018

Convicted tax fraudster sues CNBC for defamation, says he’s not a “hacker”

Cyrus Farivar - 11/19/2018
Daniel Rigmaiden, now a privacy advocate, heads to court representing himself.
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stapp · Nov 19, 2018

Two friends who took part in a £77 million hack on the TalkTalk website have been jailed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-46264327

Minimalist · Nov 20, 2018

U.S. warns countries not to 'manipulate the extradition process' for cybercriminals

The Department of Justice’s second-in-command has called on other countries to step up their efforts to extradite accused cybercriminals, warning that the U.S. will “expose” attempts by other governments “to manipulate the extradition process.”
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https://www.cyberscoop.com/u-s-warns-countries-not-manipulate-extradition-process-cybercriminals/

guest · Nov 21, 2018

Man hacked into Silicon Valley execs’ phones to steal cryptocurrency: cops
November 20, 2018
https://nypost.com/2018/11/20/man-hacked-into-silicon-valley-execs-phones-to-steal-cryptocurrency-cops/

Twenty-one-year-old Manhattan con man Nicholas Truglia hacked into the phones of Silicon Valley bigwigs to try to steal their cryptocurrency — and in one instance, pulled it off, authorities said Tuesday.

Truglia stole $1 million from San Francisco father of two Robert Ross in the SIM-swapping scheme, according to officials and court records.
Ross watched helplessly on Oct. 26 as his phone went dark and $500,000 in a Coinbase account and another $500,000 in a Gemini account vanished in seconds. It was his daughters’ college fund — his entire life savings, West said.

The allegations stem from a one-week hacking spree that started Oct. 8 and include charges of grand theft, altering or damaging computer data with the intent to defraud and using personal information without authorization.
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guest · Nov 23, 2018

Ukrainian police arrest hacker who infected over 2,000 users with DarkComet RAT
Suspect was most likely hosting the RAT's command and control server on his home computer
November 23, 2018
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ukrai...-infected-over-2000-users-with-darkcomet-rat/

Ukrainian police have arrested a 42-old-man on charges of infecting over 2,000 users across 50 countries with the DarkComet remote access trojan (RAT).
The man was arrested this week after police executed a search warrant at his residence in the city of Lviv, in Western Ukraine.

In a press release published today, Ukrainian police said they found a modified administrator panel for the DarkCommet RAT on the man's computer, along with the malware's installation files, and screenshots of infected victims' computers.
POOR OPSEC LED TO THE MAN'S ARREST
But while Ukrainian police didn't reveal any details about the suspect or how they've tracked him down, it's pretty clear how they've done it to an external observer.
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ronjor · Nov 26, 2018

Three Bulgarians arrested over cryptocurrency theft

November 26, 2018
SOFIA (Reuters) - Three Bulgarians were arrested and charged over the theft of cryptocurrencies worth about $5 million, the interior ministry and prosecutors’ office and said on Monday.
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Minimalist · Nov 26, 2018

Alleged LinkedIn hacker to undergo psychiatric evaluation, trial pushed to February

The trial of the Russian hacker accused of stealing data from LinkedIn and Dropbox has been postponed until the defendant undergoes a court-mandated psychiatric evaluation.
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https://www.cyberscoop.com/yevgeniy-nikulin-linkedin-hacker-trial-delayed/

ronjor · Nov 28, 2018

Global Botnets Shut Down Following Arrests

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Aleksandr Zhukov, Boris Timokhin, Mikhail Andreev, Denis Avdeev, Dmitry Novikov, Sergey Ovsyannikov, Aleksandr Isaev and Yevgeniy Timchenko with criminal violations for their involvement in perpetrating widespread digital advertising fraud. The charges include wire fraud, computer intrusion, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Ovsyannikov was arrested last month in Malaysia; Zhukov was arrested earlier this month in Bulgaria; and Timchenko was arrested earlier this month in Estonia, all pursuant to provisional arrest warrants issued at the request of the United States. They await extradition. The remaining defendants are at large.
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ronjor · Nov 28, 2018

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Two Iranian Men Indicted for Deploying Ransomware to Extort Hospitals, Municipalities, and Public Institutions, Causing Over $30 Million in Losses
The six-count indictment alleges that Savandi and Mansouri, acting from inside Iran, authored malware, known as “SamSam Ransomware,” capable of forcibly encrypting data on the computers of victims
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Minimalist · Dec 2, 2018

Jailed 'Iceman' hacker charged with drone-smuggling scheme orchestrated from behind bars

Max Ray Vision, an incarcerated computer hacker serving a record-setting prison sentence in federal custody, has been hit with new charges connected to an elaborate ploy to smuggle contraband into a Louisiana correctional facility.
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/1/iceman-hacker-accused-having-drone-smuggle-cellpho/

guest · Dec 4, 2018

Russian national charged with hacking Pittsburgh golf course to commit fraud
December 4, 2018
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/sec...ennsylvania-to-commit-various-types-of-fraud/

A Russian national was charged with hacking into the computer systems of Pittsburgh National Golf Course in Gibsonia, Pa., to commit various types of fraud.
Ilya Kulkov, of Barnaul, Russia, was charged with a five-count indictment accusing him of crimes including wire fraud, computer fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said in a Nov. 29 DOJ press release.

Authorities said that between January 22, 2017, and February 2, 2017, Kulkov hacked into a desktop computer at the golf course from his home in Russia to engage in a systematic pattern of internet fraud that consisted of buying and exporting products from the U.S. to Barnaul.
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guest · Dec 6, 2018

Californian Gets 26 Months in Jail for DDoS Attacks Against Cloudy Nights Forum
Forum ban the reason behind series of DDoS attack
December 5, 2018
https://news.softpedia.com/news/cal...acks-against-cloudy-nights-forum-524129.shtml

David Chesley Goodyear from El Segundo, California, [...]
"He instigated a DDoS cyber attack, in which the perpetrator floods the victim’s computer with useless information from botnets—large clusters of connected devices infected with malware and controlled remotely—and prevents access by legitimate users," says the Department of Justice press release.
Goodyear also has to pay $27,352.51 in restitution to Astronomics and a $2,500 fine
Goodyear was sentenced to 26 months behind bars in the federal Bureau of Prisons with three years of supervised release after getting out of jail.
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guest · Dec 6, 2018

Chinese Police Arrest Dev Behind UNNAMED1989 WeChat Ransomware
December 6, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...est-dev-behind-unnamed1989-wechat-ransomware/

Chinese law enforcement have arrested the developer of the UNNAMED1989 / WeChat Ransomware that recently took China by storm and infected over 100K users in a few days.

According to a report from Chinese media, with the help of Tencent and Qihoo's 360 Security teams, the authorities were able to track down and arrest a 22 year old man named Luo Moumou on December 5th. After his arrest, Moumou allegedly admitted to the creation of this ransomware.
Moumou has been criminally detained by the police as the case is further investigated.
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guest · Dec 7, 2018

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UK Teen Admits Mass Email Bomb Hoax
September 5, 2018
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-teen-admits-mass-email-bomb/
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Brit bomb hoax teen who fantasised about being a notorious hacker cops 3 years in jail
December 7, 2018
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/07/george_duke_cohan_sentenced_3_years/

George Duke-Cohan, 19, from the village of Garston, near Watford, just north of London, previously pleaded guilty to making three bomb hoaxes, including one in August against a transatlantic United Airlines flight that resulted in all 295 passengers aboard being exhaustively searched by US police workers after the flight landed.
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