Pirate Bay Founder Convicted on Hacking Charges, Sentenced to 3.5 Years

The founder of the file-sharing site Pirate Bay was found guilty today in Denmark on hacking charges unrelated to the web site. Swedish national Gottfrid Svartholm was found guilty of hacking into servers belonging to the U.S. technology firm CSC […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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iPad, AT&T server hacker convicted

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  cyber_security Image Caption:  Andrew Auernheimer One of two apparently celebrity-seeking hackers disdainful of government and corporate America now faces 10 years in jail for illegally accessing AT&T servers and stealing information from 120,000 customers on the company’s network, including Diane Sawyer, Harvey Weinstein, New York…

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Goatse Security iPad, AT&T server hacker convicted

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  cyber_security Image Caption:  Andrew Auernheimer One of two apparently celebrity-seeking hackers disdainful of government and corporate America now faces 10 years in jail for illegally accessing AT&T servers and stealing information from 120,000 customers on the company’s network, including Diane Sawyer, Harvey Weinstein, New York…

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Texas man convicted in refinery threat

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  infrastructure_protection Image Caption:  Valero refinery A south Texas man will spend more than three years in jail for convincing his cousin to phone in bomb threats against an oil refinery almost a year ago so he could leave work early. A federal judge handed Erasmo…

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Texas man convicted in refinery threat

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  infrastructure_protection Image Caption:  Valero refinery A south Texas man will spend more than three years in jail for convincing his cousin to phone in bomb threats against an oil refinery almost a year ago so he could leave work early. A federal judge handed Erasmo…

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Two ex-Border Patrol agents convicted of alien smuggling

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  border_security Image Caption:  Raul Villareal Two former San Diego-area U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents face up to 50 years in prison following their conviction on Aug. 10 for running a lucrative human smuggling ring that brought hundreds of Mexicans and Brazilians illegally…

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