Prenda Law porn-troll saga ends with prison for founder July 10, 2019 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/prenda-law-porn-troll-saga-ends-with-prison-for-founder/
Former IT Administrator Sentenced to More than 2 Years in Prison for Hacking into His Ex-Employer’s Computers, Deleting Their Files Tuesday, July 9, 2019
London cop illegally used police database to monitor investigation into himself July 11, 2019 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/11/met_police_sgt_pleads_guilty_computer_misuse_crimes/
Engineer flees to China after stealing source code of US train firm July 12, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/engineer-flees-to-china-after-stealing-source-code-of-us-train-firm/
Usenet file-swapping was acceptable in the '80s – but not so much now: Pirate pair sent down for 66 months July 12, 2019 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/12/a_pair_of_usenet_pirates_get_66_months_behind_bars/
Virginia state lawmaker accused of breaching former campaign manager's Facebook, Gmail accounts https://www.cyberscoop.com/dawn-adams-facebook-lawsuit-virginia-house-of-delegates/
Ukrainian hacker arrested after allegedly providing bulletproof hosting to Russian security https://www.cyberscoop.com/mikhail-rytikov-ukrainian-hacker-arrested-ivan-bakanov/
Suspected malicious MS Office tool maker arrested Dutch police have arrested a man suspected of producing and selling toolkits to create malicious Microsoft Office documents July 17, 2019 https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466834/Suspected-malicious-MS-Office-tool-maker-arrested McAfee: McAfee ATR Aids Police in Arrest of the Rubella and Dryad Office Macro Builder Suspect Netherlands Public Prosecution Service: Man from Utrecht arrested for producing and distributing malware
Paywall... 4 charged in Zippy’s customer credit card data theft July 17, 2019 https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019...ed-in-zippys-customer-credit-card-data-theft/ ...more info about the data breach
Former motor industry worker ordered to pay £25,500 from proceeds of data theft July 17, 2019 https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/ne...ed-to-pay-25-500-from-proceeds-of-data-theft/
DOJ indicts two Iranians for three-year, SamSam ransomware hacking spree that hit hospitals and other entities in 43 U.S. states "Two Iranian hackers charged Wednesday in a federal indictment were accused of attacking the computer networks of hospitals and other targets in 43 states, a broad criminal extortion campaign that walloped a heart hospital in Kansas and disrupted one of the nation’s largest diagnostic blood testing companies in North Carolina... Federal prosecutors said the three-year cybercrime spree caused tens of millions of dollars in damage from coast to coast. It marked the first U.S. indictment against foreign hackers engaged in a for-profit ransomware and extortion scheme... The two Iranians, Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, remain at large, presumably in their homeland,.. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski sidestepped a question about whether Iran’s government sponsored the two, saying only that the indictment contains no such allegation... The three-year ransomware campaign hit at least 200 victims in the United States, collecting more than $6 million in extortion payments and causing more than $30 million in losses,.. Officials said the hackers were intent on creating disruption and inflicting physical harm as much as in collecting ransom, deliberately targeting health-care facilities and hospitals..." https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/po...ity/article222317480.html#storylink=mainstage The charges in the indictment are for:Conspiracy to Commit Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer; Transmitting a Demand in Relation to Damaging a Protected Computer https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/samsam-subjects?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for theft of government info https://www.cyberscoop.com/hal-martin-sentence-nsa-shadow-brokers/
In the cooler for the next three years: Hacker of iCloud accounts used by athletes and rappers July 19, 2019 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/19/hacker_icloud_jailed_thee_years/
Siemens contractor pleads guilty to planting logic bomb in company spreadsheets Logic bomb would crash spreadsheets after a certain date, resulting in Siemens hiring the contractor to fix the latest bugs July 22, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/sieme...-planting-logic-bomb-in-company-spreadsheets/ DoJ: Siemens Contract Employee Intentionally Damaged Computers by Planting Logic Bombs into Programs He Designed
Microsoft to pay criminal fine to settle U.S. anti-bribery charges https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-settle-us-anti-bribery-charges-idUSKCN1UH1P3 Microsoft violated the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Their fine was significantly discounted because they cooperated with the US Government and admitted wrong-doing. It pays to have friends in high places.
Police Dismantle Pirate IPTV Provider, Seize Cash, Crypto, Gold Bars https://torrentfreak.com/police-dismantle-pirate-iptv-provider-seize-cash-crypto-gold-bars-190723/
3 Romanian men sentenced for hacking US servers July 23, 2019 https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article233036902.html DoJ: Three Romanian citizens sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a multi-million dollar computer hacking and fraud scheme
Teenage hackers are offered a second chance under European experiment July 23, 2019 https://www.cyberscoop.com/teenage-hackers-police-britain-netherlands/
FBI investigators describe Methbot investigation as 'beautiful concert of things shutting down' July 24, 2019 https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-methbot-3ve-investigation-ad-fraud/
Silk Road Admin Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges July 26, 2019 https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/silk-road-dark-web-admin.html
Texas Man Facing 350 Years in Prison for Hacking Into L.A. Superior Court, Sending 2 Million Phishing Emails July 26, 2019 https://ktla.com/2019/07/26/texas-m...rior-court-sending-2-million-phishing-emails/
