Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An ex-document technician at a southern New Mexico county clerk’s office has pleaded guilty in a check-cashing scheme. Prosecutors in Las Cruces say 43-year-old Maria Ceniceros pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft charges along with…
Woman pleads guilty in ID theft; seniors promised movie roles
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An Antelope Valley woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in a mail fraud scheme that used personal data stolen from elderly victims in an effort to defraud the state’s unemployment insurance program out of nearly $300,000. Dena Buttram of Littlerock, 32 — who also…
US journalist found guilty of cyber hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A federal jury in Northern California on Wednesday found a journalist guilty of computer crimes for helping hackers deface the Los Angeles Times website. Matthew Keys was found guilty on computer fraud charges that carry a combined maximum punishment of 25…
Latvian Malware maker pleads guilty for stealing millions from online bank accounts
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Latvian hacker, Deniss Calovskis, pleaded guilty in US court for co-writing the Gozi virus. The said virus enabled criminals to steal millions of dollars from online bank accounts by causing massive worldwide computer infection. He admitted to committing the computer intrusion…
Logan care giver guilty of aggravated identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Logan County home care giver pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to identity theft and agreed to serve a 24 month prison sentence and agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $56,543.93 announced United States Attorney John…
Latvian hacker Deniss Calovskis pleads guilty to writing infamous ‘Gozi’ virus
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Latvian hacker who was extradited to the US where he pleaded guilty to writing the infamous Gozi computer virus that infected more than a million computers, is expected to return home soon. Deniss Calovskis admitted conspiring to commit computer intrusion…
Hacker Who Helped Infect Million Computers Pleads Guilty
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Latvian hacker pleaded guilty in New York to helping develop a virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide, tricking online banking customers into revealing passwords and other security information. Deniss Calovskis, 30, faces as long as two years…
Hacker Pleads Guilty To Role In Over 77,000 Cyber Break-Ins
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A hacker charged with helping to break into at least 77,000 computers through the online hacking forum Darkode pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court, prosecutors said. Eric Crocker, 39, of Binghamton, New York, was among 12…
Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Tax Filings from 4 CPA Firms
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Bulgarian hacker has admitted to participating in a $6 million fraudulent tax return scheme in which he used tax-filing information stolen from at least four major CPA firms in the U.S. Vanyo Minkov, 32, pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District…
Revenge porn hacker pleads guilty, faces 7 years
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Charlie Evens, 26, has pleaded guilty to hacking into the email accounts of hundreds of women to steal and resell their naked pictures. He faces up to seven years in prison. This act — posting non-consensual nude photos of a person…