New Jersey police cop pleads guilty to hacking, distributing private images
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A former Mount Laurel police officer has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing social media accounts and distributing private images of multiple women, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw…
New Yorker Wanted for Hacking U.S. Computers Arrested After Flight From Ukraine
BOSTON, MA – Vitalii Antonenko, a 32-year-old New York City resident, pleaded guilty on Thursday to multiple conspiracies involving computer hacking, trafficking stolen credit card information, and laundering the illicit proceeds. Antonenko…
Alleged CIA Operative Explains Operations Against President Trump, Hacking Other Contries
WASHINGTON, DC—In a recent video released by James O’Keefe, Amjad Fseisi, reportedly a project manager in Cyber Operations at the CIA and an NSA contractor employed by Deloitte, is allegedly captured on…
Former Security Engineer Sentenced for Hacking Cryptocurrency Exchanges
NEW YORK, NY – Shakeeb Ahmed, a former senior security engineer, has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing over $12 million worth of…
Hacking Of Insurance Giant Is Bringing US Health Care System To Its Knees
Hacking Of Insurance Giant Is Bringing US Health Care System To Its Knees Harold Hutchison on March 5, 2024 A cyberattack on a subsidiary of a major health insurance company has crippled…
DOJ Charges Iranian For Massive Hacking Campaign Against Defense Contractors, Federal Agencies
DOJ Charges Iranian For Massive Hacking Campaign Against Defense Contractors, Federal Agencies Micaela Burrow on February 29, 2024 The Justice Department charged an Iranian national for spearheading a years-long campaign to infect…
Pottsville Man Sentenced for Computer Hacking and Illegal Image Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the sentencing of 34-year-old Brandon B. Boyer of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. On January 18, 2024, United States District Court…
Derry Man Pleads Guilty to Passport Fraud and Hacking a Telecommunications Company
CONCORD – A Derry man pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to passport fraud and wire fraud in connection with hacking a telecommunications company, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young and Acting…
Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty To Hacking Fantasy Sports And Betting Website
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH GARRISON pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit computer intrusion in connection with a scheme to…
Former Navy IT Manager Sentenced to over 5 Years in Prison for Hacking a Computer Database, Stealing over 9,000 People’s Identities, and Selling the Information for $160,000 in Bitcoin
FRESNO, Calif. — Former Navy IT Manager Marquis Hooper, 32, of Selma, California, was sentenced today to five years and five months in prison for hacking a computer database that contained personally…
Chinese Hacking Group Breaches Commerce Secretary’s Emails
Chinese Hacking Group Breaches Commerce Secretary’s Emails Jake Smith on July 13, 2023 A China-based hacking group breached U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo’s emails as part of a larger cyber-attack affecting…
Left-Wing Climate Activists Targeted In Massive Email Hacking Campaign: REPORT
Left-Wing Climate Activists Targeted In Massive Email Hacking Campaign: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on March 29, 2023 A group of Indian hackers hired by an Israeli private detective in 2017 allegedly stole…
Russian National Charged with Bank Fraud Related to Hacking Campaign
NEWARK, N.J. – A Russian national was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with a series of computer system intrusions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
Nigerian National Charged with $8 Million Computer Hacking, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering Activities
NEWARK, N.J. – A Nigerian man has been indicted for his role in computer hacking, wire fraud, and money laundering acts that defrauded companies of nearly $8 million after compromising companies’ business…
New Jersey cop busted for hacking into woman’s phone, sharing illicit photos
EVESHAM, NJ – A young police officer working at the Evesham Police Department has been arrested and placed on unpaid suspension after breaking into a woman’s cell phone and sharing illicit photos…
Member of hacking group sentenced for scheme that compromised tens of millions of debit and credit cards
Seattle – A Ukrainian man was sentenced today in the Western District of Washington to 5 years in prison for his criminal work in the hacking group FIN7. Denys Iarmak, 32, served…
Four Russian Government Employees Charged in Two Historical Hacking Campaigns Targeting Critical Infrastructure Worldwide
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice unsealed two indictments today charging four defendants, all Russian nationals who worked for the Russian government, with attempting, supporting and…
Russian National Indicted in East Texas for Cyber Hacking Enterprise
TYLER, Texas –A 23-year-old Russian man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas for offenses related to operating a cyber-criminal marketplace that sold thousands of stolen login credentials, personal identifiable…
Chester County Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Area College Computer Networks
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Timothy Spillane, 39, of Chester Springs, PA, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Joel Slomsky to accessing a protected computer…
Cyber Criminals Steal Millions After Hacking Popular Crypto Exchange
Hackers stole millions in digital assets from popular cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, the company announced Thursday. Crypto.com said in a blog post that hackers had compromised 483 traders’ accounts and stole 4,836.26 of ethereum…
Russian National Extradited for Role in Hacking and Illegal Trading Scheme
BOSTON—A Russian national has been extradited to the United States from Switzerland to face charges relating to his alleged involvement in a global scheme to trade on non-public information stolen from U.S.…