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Cypriot Hacker Pleads Guilty to Data Theft, Extortion

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Dissent

A Cypriot national who was extradited to the U.S. this past summer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and to obtaining information from a protected computer. Prajeet Nair reports:

Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, 21, of Nicosia, Cyprus, pleaded guilty this week to computer fraud conspiracy and obtaining information from a protected computer. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he’s sentenced in March, according to court documents.

Read more on BankInfoSecurity. Details of Epifaniou’s methods were described in the 2020 post.

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