Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Concerns about civil liberty violations are spreading after an unidentified hacker recently breached Securus Technologies and released the audio of an estimated 70 million phone conversations of USA prisoners -including communications between attorneys and their clients. “It is very important to…
70M Private Phone Calls Leaked in Prison Hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An anonymous hacker has accessed 70 million phone calls placed by inmates in at least 37 states by breaching Securus Technologies, a prominent telecommunications provider for correctional institutions. Of these, at least 14,000 were confidential conversations between inmates and their attorneys….
Attorneys for Ex-Subway Pitchman Jared Fogle Ask For 5-Year Prison Term
ared Fogle, the disgraced Subway spokesman, is being sentenced for possession of child pornography and sexual conduct with a minor on November 19. Court documents show prosecutors asked the judge to sentence him to 12 and a half years in prison, and a lifetime of supervised probation. The 38-year-old…
Prison phone company recorded private lawyer-inmate calls, hack reveals NYSE Post
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Calling it “the most massive breach of the attorney-client privilege in modern US history”, the American Civil Liberties Union told The Intercept that while prisoners lose many of their constitutional rights, the right to speak privately with an attorney – related…
‘Prison beds are too hard’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The inmate, who is detained at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre, says he’s literally doing hard time. The 30-year-old convicted armed robber said he got a shock when he was moved to a single-cell section and made to sleep on a block…
3 teens face prison time for high school hack to change grades
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Three 17-year-old students face serious time in prison after hacking into their school’s computers and changing students’ grades and schedules, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner. The initial attack was three months ago. Investigators traced it to the house of Daniel…
Oscar Pistorius’s cell ‘raided by prison guards’ over links to crime boss
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Prison officials in Pretoria confiscated a computer hard drive fromparalympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius during a raid on his prison cell earlier this year, as part of an investigation into a Czech mob boss, according to reports. The Johannesburg based Sunday Times…
CONMAN SPARED PRISON FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUDS
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A conman who used a builder’s credit card to acquire expensive drills has narrowly avoided an immediate prison sentence. Magistrates heard how Stephen Wildgoose, 36, used the credit card at builders’ merchants in Workington and Penrith, claiming that he was entitled…
Hacker Who Crippled Xbox Live Convicted of 50,700 Counts, Dodges Prison
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The devious, brazen Finnish hacker who ruined Christmas ‘14 just got the book thrown at him in his homeland’s court: 17-year-old Julius Kivimaki was sentenced today to a two-year suspended sentence. Finland’s Kaleva.fi reports Kivimaki, who not only took responsibility for…
Washington State Bill Would Add Prison Time For Drone Crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If a drone aircraft is used for a crime, from running drugs to scoping a house for robbery, prosecutors would be able to seek an extra year in prison for the offenders under a bill now before…