Computer Crimes And Punishment

mood · Dec 18, 2019

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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
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Siemens Contractor Sentenced for Writing 'Logic Bombs'
December 17, 2019
https://www.darkreading.com/applica...enced-for-writing-logic-bombs-/d/d-id/1336641

A Siemens Corp. contractor was handed a six-month prison sentence and a fine of $7,500 in US District Court for intentionally causing damage to the company's computer systems.

David Tinley, 62, of Harrison City, Pa., from around 2014 to May 13, 2016, inserted logic-bomb code into programs he wrote for Siemens at its Monroeville, Pa., location. The malicious code triggered the software to malfunction. Siemens then would have Tinley fix the software issues — not knowing he had deliberately caused them.
After his prison sentence is completed, Tinley will be under court-ordered supervised release for two years.
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DoJ: Siemens Contract Employee Gets Jail Time for Intentionally Damaging Computers

mood · Dec 18, 2019

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IT services pro hacked former client’s email
November 8, 2019
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/11/08/it-services-pro-hacked-former-clients-email/
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Jet2 hacker who deleted every account on UK company's domain cops 5 months in jail
Insider threat: Ex-techie took just 13 minutes to almost wreak havoc
December 18, 2019
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/18/jet2_hacker_scott_burns_prison_sentence/

The man who hacked northern England airline Jet2 will spend five months in prison after what a Crown court judge called "the highest level of seriousness" of offending.

Scott Burns, of Queen Street, Morley, Leeds, previously pleaded guilty to eight offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

Crown prosecutor Rebecca Austin told Court 5 at Leeds Crown Court: "This is a case which involves a disgruntled ex-employee."
Burns had wiped every account on the Jet2 domain, including all the domain administrator accounts.
"Had he not had that prior knowledge of the network, he couldn't have caused the devastation as quickly as he did," said Austin. "There is estimation in relation to the loss of business revenue, of some £165,000."
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ronjor · Dec 18, 2019

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The Dark Overlord hacking suspect who's fighting extradition to the U.S. is running out of options
November 15, 2019
https://www.cyberscoop.com/dark-overlord-nathan-wyatt-extradition/
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British man pleads not guilty in alleged hacking scheme

18 Dec 2019 ST. LOUIS (AP) — A British man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he and co-conspirators in a hacking group called The Dark Overlord stole data from health care and accounting companies in the U.S. and threatened to release the information unless the companies paid ransom.
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mood · Dec 19, 2019

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Extensive Cyberstalking and Threats Campaign
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Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Extensive Cyberstalking and Threats Campaign
December 18, 2019
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/flor...-extensive-cyberstalking-and-threats-campaign

A Florida man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign that targeted his former schoolmate, a 31-year-old woman who lived in Massachusetts at the time. The victim’s name is being withheld to protect her privacy.

Byron A. Cardozo, 35, who previously resided in Jacksonville and Tamarac, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the District of Massachusetts. Cardozo pleaded guilty in August 2019 to one count of cyberstalking and one count of making interstate threats. Cardozo was arrested in August 2018 and has been held in custody since.
According to the indictment, to which Cardozo pleaded guilty, and evidence presented at sentencing, Cardozo engaged in an 18-month-long, multi-faceted cyberstalking and threats campaign targeting the victim.
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mood · Dec 19, 2019

Teen SIM-swapper allegedly stole $1M, bought custom jewelry with Bitcoin
December 19, 2019
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/12/19/sim-swapper-stole-1m-bought-jewelry-bitcoin/

A 19-year-old SIM-swapper has been charged for allegedly stealing more than $1 million in cryptocurrency.
Yousef Selassie reportedly targeted at least 75 victims across the United States in a sophisticated SIM swapping attack.

He’s facing several charges, including identity theft and fraud.

“From his Brooklyn apartment, this defendant accessed accounts belonging to 75 victims in 20 different states,” said District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
He added: “As alleged, in just four months he drained his victims of more than $1 million in cryptocurrency with little more than an iPhone and computer. This is the third major SIM-swapping case my Office has brought in recent months, and it won’t be the last.”
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mood · Dec 19, 2019

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Contractor charged over Sydney data breach
October 2, 2019
https://www.9news.com.au/national/c...ata-hack/7653c330-8150-4c0f-8102-87a74cfa60ec
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More charges for NSW data breach accused
December 18, 2019
https://au.news.yahoo.com/more-charges-nsw-data-breach-accused-222739255--spt.html

The Sydney IT contractor allegedly responsible for a massive data breach that cost an ASX-listed property evaluation company more than $8 million is now facing additional charges.
Stephen Grant allegedly accessed and published more than 170,000 data sets including names, addresses, contact numbers, property valuations and driver's licences between September 2017 and May 2019.

Grant was last Friday charged with nine more offences, including unauthorised access with intent to commit a serious indictable offence.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at the Central Local Court over the fresh charges on Thursday.
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mood · Dec 19, 2019

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Lithuanian man pleads guilty to scamming Google and Facebook out of $123 million
Man posed as hardware vendor to trick Google and Facebook into sending payments to his bank accounts
March 20, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/lithu...mming-google-and-facebook-out-of-123-million/
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Lithuanian Man Sentenced to Prison Over BEC Scheme Targeting Facebook, Google
December 19, 2019
https://www.securityweek.com/lithua...son-over-bec-scheme-targeting-facebook-google

Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national involved in a highly profitable business email compromise (BEC) scheme that targeted Google and Facebook, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
Rimasauskas has also been ordered to serve two years of supervised release, forfeit nearly $50 million and pay over $26 million in restitution.

The DoJ described the targets of the scheme as a multinational technology company and a multinational online social media firm, but the victims have been identified as Google and Facebook, respectively.
Rimasauskas was arrested by Lithuanian authorities in March 2017 and was extradited to the United States a few months later. He pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in March 2019.
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DoJ: Lithuanian Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Theft Of Over $120 Million In Fraudulent Business Email Compromise Scheme

mood · Dec 19, 2019

Three Cypriots arrested in Israeli ‘spy van’ probe
December 19, 2019
https://www.financialmirror.com/2019/12/19/three-cypriots-arrested-in-israeli-spy-van-probe/

Cyprus police on Thursday arrested three Cypriots in connection with an alleged Israeli “spy van” equipped with sophisticated surveillance technology capable of hacking communications.

The three suspects, two men aged 30 and 35, and a woman aged 41, face 13 charges related to violation of privacy laws, processing private data, falsely obtaining documents and breaking the radio communication law, said police.
The island’s top lawyer, attorney-general Costas Clerides said a criminal law expert was needed due to the “seriousness of the case and the different legal aspects” that are cropping up.

Forbes said multi-million state-of-the-art equipment in the van can monitor electronic devices within a 500-meter radius, hack any phone and listen in to conversations regardless of the level of encryption.
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mood · Dec 20, 2019

Hacker tried to blackmail Apple by threatening to delete 319m accounts
December 20, 2019
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov...-apple-by-threatening-to-delete-319m-accounts

A cyber-criminal who tried to blackmail Apple by claiming he had access to a huge cache of iCloud and other Apple accounts has been sentenced following an NCA investigation.

Kerem Albayrak, 22, from North London, demanded Apple give him $75,000 in crypto-currency or a thousand $100 iTunes gift cards in return for deleting his database.
Albayrak threatened that he would factory reset 319 million iCloud accounts, and dump his databases online if his demands were not met

On 2 December 2019 Albayrak pleaded guilty to one count of blackmail, having already admitted to two counts of unauthorised acts with intent to impair the operation of or prevent/hinder access to a computer.
He was sentenced today, Friday 20 December, and was given a two year suspended jail term, 300 hours of unpaid work and a six month electronic curfew at Southwark Crown Court.
Anna Smith, a Senior Investigative Officer for the NCA, said:
“Albayrak wrongly believed he could escape justice after hacking in to two accounts and attempting to blackmail a large multi-national corporation.
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mood · Dec 20, 2019

Ex-workers at Tempe financial firm accused of theft, computer tampering
December 20, 2019
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/e...cial-firm-accused-of-theft-computer-tampering

Two former employees of a financial firm in Tempe are arrested in what police are calling a multi-million dollar case of fraud.

Officers booked Dria Carr and Eric Hernandez, both of Phoenix, on felony counts of theft and computer tampering.
According to detectives, while working at "Freedom Financial Network" in Tempe, Carr sent two e-mails to Hernandez with several files containing confidential company information.
At the time, Hernandez was employed at a competitor in Chandler. [...] Investigators say Carr admitted to e-mailing the files, but denied knowing what information they contained.

The company would not go into detail about what was in the stolen files, or if customer information may have been compromised.
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mood · Dec 20, 2019

Ex-FBI employee gets 7 DAYS in jail for hacking emails of right-wing activist 'to protect Mueller'
December 20, 2019
https://www.rt.com/usa/476535-fbi-mueller-hacking-jail/

Mark Tolson, 60, was sentenced to seven days in jail and 50 hours of community service on Friday, even though the judge called his crime 'very serious.' The former FBI analyst hacked into the email account of his neighbor, right-wing activist Jack Burkman, and tried to publish that information in the media.

Tolson pleaded guilty in September to illegally hacking Burkman’s email account.
Prosecutors were asking for a short prison term, but Tolson’s attorney argued that losing his position with the FBI was punishment enough.
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mood · Dec 20, 2019

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Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme
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Canada's broadcasting agency fines company behind the Orcus malware
Canadian police filed criminal charges last month
December 20, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/canadas-broadcasting-agency-fines-company-behind-the-orcus-rat/

Canada's broadcasting agency has fined a company with 115,000 Canadian dollars (roughly 87,000 US dollars) for selling malware.
The fine was imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Orcus Technologies, a company that sold a remote access trojan (RAT) named Orcus.

According to an investigation carried out by the CRTC, together with the help of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) cybercrime division, the company was founded in March 2016 by a Toronto-based man named John Paul Revesz (a.k.a. Ciriis McGraw, Armada, Angelis, among other aliases) and a German man named Vincent Leo Griebel (a.k.a. Sorzus).

"Evidence obtained in the course of the investigation allowed the Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer (CCEO) to conclude that the Orcus RAT was not the typical administration tool Griebel and Revesz claimed, but was, in fact, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), a known type of malware," the CRTC said last week.
The CRTC said the duo sold and aided malicious actors to install the Orcus RAT without consent on other people's computers.
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mood · Dec 20, 2019

GozNym Gang Members Behind $100 Million Damages Sentenced
December 20, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...members-behind-100-million-damages-sentenced/

Three members of a cybercrime group that used the GozNym banking Trojan to steal millions from U.S. businesses were sentenced today in parallel and multi-national prosecutions in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia.

In all, ten members of the GozNym cybercriminal group were indicted in May, five of them being arrested at the time, while five other Russian nationals charged in the indictment — including the developed behind the GozNym malware — remain on the run.

Three members of GozNym cybercrime network sentenced in parallel multi-national prosecutions in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia. https://t.co/zpAO6wqCof pic.twitter.com/Qz9UyQnG0I
— WDPAnews (@WDPAnews) December 20, 2019
GozNym members' sentences
Bulgarian citizen Krasimir Nikolov was sentenced today in federal court in Pittsburgh "to a period of time served after having served more than 39 months in prison following his conviction on charges of criminal conspiracy, computer fraud, and bank fraud."
Two other GozNym gang members, Alexander Konovolov and Marat Kazandjian (Konolov's technical admin and main assistant within the GozNym network) were also arrested and prosecuted in Georgia to 7 and 5 years of imprisonment, respectively.
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DoJ: Three Members of GozNym Cybercrime Network Sentenced in Parallel Multi-National Prosecutions in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia

mood · Dec 24, 2019

Nepal nabs 122 Chinese for cybercrime, bank fraud
December 25, 2019
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/588566-nepal-nabs-122-chinese-for-cybercrime-bank-fraud

Police in Nepal have detained 122 Chinese men and women in its biggest crackdown on crime by foreigners entering the country on tourist visas, officials said on Tuesday.

The Chinese are suspected of cybercrime and hacking into bank cash machines, the police chief, Uttam Subedi, said, adding that they were being held in different police stations and their passports and laptops had been seized.

“This is the first time that so many foreigners have been detained for suspected criminal activities,” he said.
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mood · Dec 25, 2019

Hackers of electronic systems in Russian Railways, S7 Airlines sentenced to 10-13 years
December 25, 2019
https://tass.com/society/1103621

The Basmanny Court in Moscow sentenced a group of hackers involved in hacking electronic systems of Russian Railways and S7 Airlines and fake ticket return to jail terms from 10 to 13 years, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom.

"The court found Maxim Matyushev, Andrei Zhdanov and Kirill Kulabukhov guilty of organizing a criminal community, participating in a criminal community and computer fraud. Matyushev was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony, Zhdanov was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison a strict regime, Kulabukhov to 10 years in a penal colony," the judge announced.
Earlier, 29 people were charged with fake ticket refunds for Russian Railways and S7 Airlines. The criminal episodes took place in 2013-2014.
Ekaterina Korotkova, representative of the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office, told TASS that the defendants were found guilty of more than 60 cyber fraud.

The investigation revealed that the young people sent emails with malware to organizations selling train tickets. With the help of malware, they got access to information, login and password of personal accounts of cashiers in those organizations. [...]
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mood · Dec 27, 2019

Greece suspends extradition of alleged launderer for Bitcoin ‘stolen’ from Mt Gox
December 24, 2019
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/201...xander-vinnik-btce-greece-france-extradition/

Greece has suspended the extradition of accused Bitcoin BTC laundering mastermind Alexander Vinnik pending an appeal, Reuters reports.

The country’s justice minister made the original decision to send Vinnik to France on Friday. This reportedly led Vinnik to a second hunger strike, with his first lasting for 88 days beginning in November 2018.
Authorities claim Vinnik, a Russian citizen, operated seminal cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.
BTC-e is alleged to have facilitated multiple crimes besides money laundering, including drug trafficking and computer hacking.
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mood · Dec 27, 2019

High school coach charged with hacking into rival team’s computer
December 27, 2019
https://nypost.com/2019/12/27/high-school-coach-charged-with-hacking-into-rival-teams-computer/

This Spygate imitator is paying the price.
A high school football coach in Minnesota is facing a misdemeanor charge for unauthorized computer access after he allegedly logged into the account of a coach he used to work for – who happened to be playing his team the next day. Tyler Krebs, 45, [...]
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mood · Dec 28, 2019

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Romanian hackers prosecuted in Ohio sentenced to federal prison for malware attack that struck thousands
December 6, 2019
https://www.cleveland.com/court-jus...for-malware-attack-that-struck-thousands.html
DoJ: Two members of the romanian Cybercriminal Enterprise Bayrob Group sentenced on 21 counts relating to infecting over 400,000 victim computers with malware and stealing at least $5 million
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Romanian hackers tried in Ohio to appeal long sentences after swindling millions through malware
December 28, 2019
https://www.cleveland.com/court-jus...after-swindling-millions-through-malware.html

Two Romanian hackers who operated what the Justice Department said was one of the biggest malware-spreading operations in recent memory are expected to appeal a set of long prison sentences a federal judge imposed earlier this month.

The men are expected to ask the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to review the case brought against them in Cleveland. An attorney representing Nicolescu, 37, filed a notice Dec. 17 that he was appealing. Miclaus, also 37, has not yet filed such a notice but his attorney Michael O’Shea said he expects his client will do so.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Gaughan sentenced Nicolescu to 20 years in federal prison on Dec. 6, while she gave Miclaus an 18-year prison sentence.
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ronjor · Dec 29, 2019

Former Employee Of Hospital Pleads Guilty To Compromising Dozens Of Hospital Computers And Coworkers’ Email Accounts And Stealing Their Confidential Information

December 20, 2019
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RICHARD LIRIANO pled guilty today to one count of computer fraud in connection with his scheme to use malicious software programs, including a program known as a “keylogger,” on dozens of his coworkers’ computers at a New York City-area hospital, secretly obtaining user names and passwords to his victims’ personal email and other accounts, and using that unauthorized access to steal private and confidential files.
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ronjor · Dec 29, 2019

Miami Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Role as Money Mule and Mule Recruiter in International Cybercrime Money Laundering Network

Monday, December 23, 2019
Yamel Guevara Tamayo, 36, of Miami, was sentenced Friday, December 20, 2019 to 63 months in prison for his role in serving as a money mule, and recruiter of more than 15 additional money mules, in an international money laundering operation for business email compromise (BEC) and other cyber-schemes.
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mood · Jan 2, 2020

Nintendo Wins Injunction Against Switch Mod & Pirate Game Seller
January 2, 2020
https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-wins-injunction-against-switch-mod-pirate-game-seller-200102/

[...] during December 2018, Nintendo took legal action against a California resident alleged to have sold Nintendo Switch mod devices produced by Team-Xecuter, memory cards containing pirated copies of Nintendo titles, plus a modified version of the NES Classic accompanied by 800 pirated games.

The main defendant in the case, initially identified as ‘Mikel Euskaldunak’ by Nintendo, was later named as Sergio Mojarro Moreno.
Moreno is also restrained from selling, renting, offering or distributing unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s copyrighted works, infringing its trademarks, or using the Internet “or any digital network” to provide services to the public that enable copyright infringement of Nintendo’s works.

The defendant is further required to provide written certification to Nintendo that no circumvention software or devices, including but not limited to SX Pro or Trinket M0 chips, and/or illegal copies of games were in his or his agents’ possession at the date of the stipulated judgment and injunction or, if they were, have been destroyed.
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mood · Jan 3, 2020

Minety voyeur pervert John Wood admits hacking 45 computers
January 3, 2020
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk...ervert-john-wood-admits-hacking-45-computers/

Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court, Wood pleaded guilty to recording another person doing a private act with the intention that he would get sexual gratification. The allegations range in time between 2011 and 2015 and took place in Swindon, Minehead and Warminster.

The 42-year-old, of Station Road, Minety, was granted unconditional bail to appear before Swindon Crown Court to be sentenced on January 10.
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ronjor · Jan 4, 2020

Men who ran $11M California investment scam sentenced

By The Associated Press January 3, 2020
Prosecutors said the men ran a company called Authotecq that over nine years sold more than $11 million in unregistered securities, mainly to elderly investors. The company claimed to be developing an internet banking system.
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mood · Jan 6, 2020

TalkTalk teen hacker in legal challenge over Press identification
January 6, 2020
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...lenge-over-press-identification-38837568.html

A Northern Ireland teenager who was part of the high-profile hacking of telecom giant TalkTalk suffered discrimination by his initial media identification, the High Court has heard.

Now aged 20, he is still referred to only as JKL in a case examining the right of the Press to name young people under police investigation.
He was 15 when police arrested him in October 2015 over a major hack into the phone and broadband provider's database.
Under the terms of the 1999 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act no-one under 18 allegedly involved in an offence can be named in Press reports.
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Minimalist · Jan 7, 2020

IT Executive Steals $6 Million, Busted by Word Doc Metadata

A former corporate executive of a global internet company swindled roughly $6 million between August 2015 and May 2019 using a shell company named Interactive Systems.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...steals-6-million-busted-by-word-doc-metadata/

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