Alberta man sentenced to jail time for possessing child pornography
An Airdrie, Alta., man accused of several child porn-related charges back in 2013 has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Robert James Tyndall, 45, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and using a telecommunications device to lure a minor to commit a sexual offence. Several other charges were withdrawn. The investigation was led […]
New Hampshire Prep School Rape Sentence: Owen Labrie To Serve 1 Year In State Jail
Owen Labrie was sentenced Thursday to one year in jail and probation during a hearing at a New Hampshire court. Labrie, 20, was found guilty of three misdemeanor charges in August in a case that revealed the lurid details of a practice at the elite St. Paul’s School known as “the senior salute,” where senior students would take underclassmen on dates […]
Judge says evidence is strong enough to keep Daniel Heinrich in jail
An FBI special agent detailed in federal court on Wednesday why Daniel Heinrich has suddenly emerged as the “person of interest” in the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling 26 years ago. After hearing agent Shane Ball’s testimony, U.S. Magistrate Judge Tony Leung ruled that there was sufficient evidence to continue to detain the 52-year-old Annandale, Minn., […]
Former SD neurosurgeon gets jail time
Steven B. Schwartz, a neurosurgeon who practiced in Rapid City before leaving the state in 2008, will spend up to 23 months in jail for possessing child pornography. Schwartz was sentenced today in a Berks County, Pa. courtroom after pleading guilty this summer to one count of possessing child pornography. He was among 13 people […]
Private Investigator faces Jail for Hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans What a disgrace: A private investigator, Eric Saldarriaga, 41, got nailed for hacking into peoples’ e-mails. He may get six months in the can. Is six months reasonable for this, though? A recent online New York Times article quotes a prosecutor who points out that hackers […]
Merseyside Hacker Faces Jail Term Over Public Sector DDoS Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A man from Merseyside is awaiting sentencing after admitting to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign which targeted public sector and business websites, potentially affecting vulnerable people, Computer Weekly has reported. Bootle man Ian Sullivan, aged 51, carried out the cyber attacks in 2013, leaving […]
American Hacker Escapes Jail In Gambia
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An American hacker who made thousands of Gambian Dalasis by installing a giant sim box and diverted international calls from the Gambia’s international gateway has escaped jail. George Epps had pleaded guilty to causing monetary loss of D139, 037.19 to […] For more information go to […]
SA computer hacker spared jail term
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A worker who became obsessed with thinking he’d been wronged by his former employer has been spared jail for hacking into the organisation’s computer system. Aaron Leslie Powell pleaded guilty in the South Australia District Court to one count of […] For more information go to […]
Ex-News of the World reporter spared jail for phone hacking
A former News of the World phone hacker was spared jail today because of a “unique” deal cut with the police and prosecutors. Dan Evans had brought an overnight bag to the Old Bailey and expected to be spending his […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post Ex-News […]
Hacker ‘Weev’ Is Out of Jail, but His ‘Fight for Freedom’ Isn’t Over Yet.
Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer on April 11 after spending over a year there when a federal appeals court vacated his conviction on hacking charges. He and another man, Daniel Spitler, were charged with fraud under the CFAA for finding a loophole on AT&T’s website in June 2010 that allowed them to gain access to thousands of […]