Computer Crimes And Punishment

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by ronjor, Jun 16, 2017.

  1. hawki

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    "Healthcare Device Security Firm COO Charged with Hacking Medical Center

    ...Chief operating officer of security firm that provides products and services to the healthcare industry, faces charges surrounding a cyberattack he allegedly conducted against Duluth, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medial Center.

    A shocking indictment unsealed this week by the Justice Department reveals that a security vendor executive has been indicted for hacking into a Georgia medical center -- allegedly disrupting telecommunications and network printer services as well as breaking into a computer to steal information for both "commercial" and private financial gain..."

    https://www.darkreading.com/attacks...ed-with-hacking-medical-center/d/d-id/1341273

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/p...-company-charged-cyberattack-gwinnett-medical
     
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    "Notorious ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Nabbed in Mexico, Deported to U.S.

    Christopher Doyon... who goes by the online moniker “Commander X” -- also happened to be a member of the hacking group, Anonymous, and knocked out The Santa Cruz County’s website, according to a 2011 federal indictment unsealed Monday...

    It took more than a decade for the U.S. to get Doyon into custody...

    Although Doyon escaped U.S. law enforcement for the last 10 years, he didn’t shy away from telling his story In a documentary produced by the Canadian public television channel TVO called, 'The Face of Anonymous'..."

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ous-group-nabbed-in-mexico?srnd=technology-vp
     
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    Ukrainian cops seize cash, computers as part of Clop ransomware crew disruption
     
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    Clop Raid: A Big Win in the War on Ransomware?
    https://threatpost.com/clop-raid-big-win-war-ransomware/167036/
     
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    A week after arrests, Cl0p ransomware group dumps new tranche of stolen data
    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...mware-group-dumps-new-tranche-of-stolen-data/
     
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    French Prosecutors Charge 4 Executives Over Libya, Egypt Cyber-Spying
    June 22, 2021
    https://www.securityweek.com/french-prosecutors-charge-4-executives-over-libya-egypt-cyber-spying
     
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    Scammer arrested for phishing operation, sent 25,000 texts in a day
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...hishing-operation-sent-25-000-texts-in-a-day/
     
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    Hingham Man Indicted for Role in Business Email Compromise Scheme
    June 23, 2021
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/hingham-man-indicted-role-business-email-compromise-scheme
     
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    Ukrainian member of FIN7 cybercrime gang sentenced in United States
    June 24, 2021
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/gover...rime-gang-sentenced-united-states-2021-06-24/
     
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    Linguist Jailed for Sharing US Defense Secrets
    June 24, 2021
    https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linguist-jailed-for-sharing-us/
    DoJ: Defense Department Linguist Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information to Aid a Foreign Government
     
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    BTC-e Operator Vinnik’s Five-Year Prison Sentence Upheld by Court: Report
    June 27, 2021
    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/btc-e-operator-vinnik-five-173707861.html
     
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    Cork man charged over alleged hack into computer parking system
    June 29, 2021
    https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40324718.html
     
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    Colombia catches hacker wanted in the U.S. for 'Gozi' virus
     
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    Israeli charged in global hacker-for-hire scheme wants plea deal
    July 1, 2021
    https://www.jpost.com/international...hacker-for-hire-scheme-wants-plea-deal-672507
     
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    US indicts dark web user 'The Bull' for insider trading
    July 13, 2021
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...s-dark-web-user-the-bull-for-insider-trading/
     
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    Brazil Suspended 334 Websites in Third Wave of “Operation 404”
    July 13, 2021
    https://www.technadu.com/brazil-suspended-334-websites-third-wave-operation-404/289291/
     
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    16 Cybercriminals Behind Mekotio and Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Arrested in Spain
    July 14, 2021
    https://thehackernews.com/2021/07/16-cybercriminals-behind-mekotio-and.html
     
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    Telemarketing Scammers Who Made $4.5 Million Convicted in the U.S.
    July 17, 2021
    https://www.technadu.com/telemarketing-scammers-made-4-5-million-dollars-convicted-us/290330/
     
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    'Bot Master' Hacker to Be Sentenced
    Prosecutors are seeking between 12 and 14 1/2 years in prison.
    July 20, 2021

    https://www.manufacturing.net/home/news/21576889/bot-master-hacker-to-be-sentenced
     
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    "Russian hacker Levashov sentenced to time already served

    A Russian hacker known internationally as the “bot master" was sentenced Tuesday to the 33 months he has already served in custody on federal charges he operated a network of devices used to steal computer credentials, distribute spam and install malicious software..."

    https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/russian-hacker-levashov-sentenced-time-served-78954233
     
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    Journo who went to prison for 2 years for breaking US cyber-security law is jailed again
    July 20, 2021
    https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/20/journalist_prison_offending
     
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