Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For digital rights activists, an important milestone came in 2016 with the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on promoting and protecting the freedom of users online. Yet, 51 intentional disruptions of the internet and electronic communications took The…
Nintendo NES Classic Edition gets hacked to run Linux in just four days
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AS MOST of the world continues to wait desperately for new stock of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition, you just know that somewhere, someone’s been there, done that, hacked it. The console runs on Linux, and an enterprising member of The…
Romanian hacker gets 3-year prison sentence in the US for identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Romanian hacker Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu, 31, received a three-year prison sentence in the US on Thursday, September 22, for orchestrating an identity theft scheme that stole data from American firms. The Romanian previously pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and The…
London-based Yahoo! hacker gets 11 years for SQLi mischief
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans London-based Yahoo! hacker gets 11 years for SQLi mischief A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a cyber attack on Yahoo! in 2012. Nazariy Markuta, of Harlesden, London, was a member of The…
College Student Gets 15 Million Miles for Hacking United Airlines
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans University of Georgia Tech student Ryan Pickren used to get in trouble for hacking websites—in 2015, he hacked his college’s master calendar and almost spent 15 years in prison. But now he’s being rewarded for his skills. Pickren participated in The…
Florida man in hacking probe gets 42 years in prison for child porn
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Florida private investigator was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Monday for using a minor to produce child pornography, which was discovered after authorities searched his computers following his arrest last year for hacking a global charity. Timothy The…
Canadian who pleaded guilty to teen ‘sextortion’ gets 30 years prison
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Canadian man accused of blackmailing underage teens via the Internet and compelling them to send him images of themselves engaged in sex acts was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday. Antonio P. Fontana, 59, of Ontario, Canada, admitted The…
Man Gets Life Back After ID Thief Sentenced To Prison
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For the last two decades, Marcus Calvillo, 45, was viewed as a sex offender, a felon and a fraud. The Grand Prairie resident never committed any of those crimes. Someone had stolen his identity and racked up rap sheet. “Everywhere I…
Ex-Miami-Dade detective gets 2 ½ years’ prison for fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A former Miami-Dade County police detective has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for his role in a credit history fraud scheme. The sentence was imposed Tuesday on Rafael Duran, who had served with the Miami-Dade Police Department…
Ex-Cardinal executive gets stiff sentence for hacking Astros
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Former St. Louis Cardinals executive Christopher Correa was sentenced Monday to 46 months in prison for illegal incursions into the Astros’ computer database, wrapping up a case of sports-related cybercrime that a federal judge summed up as plain, old-fashioned theft. Correa,…