Rick Salinger reports: A 29 month prison sentence was handed down on Tuesday to a Colorado man who pleaded guilty to charges involving a massive photo hacking scheme. Brandon Bourret, of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud. The FBI tracked Bourret and a colleague down after a total of 1.9 million…
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Arizona man arrested for hacking email accounts at universities
Nate Raymond reports: An Arizona man was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he hacked into over 1,000 email accounts for students and others at two universities and tried to do the same at 75 other higher-education institutions throughout the country. Jonathan Powell, a 29-year-old Phoenix resident, was arrested based on a criminal complaint filed…
PA: Blue Bell man admits tampering with Gwynedd Mercy computer system
On October 17, Kaitlyn Foti reported: A former faculty member of Gwynedd Mercy University was given probation after admitting to harassment by hacking into the school’s intranet. Edward Michael Shaffer, 54, of the 200 block of Pebble Beach Place in Blue Bell, pleaded guilty to a summary offense of harassment charge Monday in Montgomery County…
NC: Two Men Sentenced To Prison On Wire Fraud Conspiracy Charges For Attempting To Steal More Than $1.3 Million Through Unauthorized Wire Transfers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jamel Ski Yates, a/k/a “Goo,” 43, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 36 months in prison on federal wire fraud conspiracy charges for attempting to steal more than $1.3 million through unauthorized wire transfers, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
Nationwide data breach class action to continue after Sixth Circuit ruling
Michelle de Leon writes: A panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declared the victims of a data breach suffered by Nationwide Insurance no longer need to establish their standing to prove that they are in danger. The victims of the 2012 data breach committed against the Nationwide…
Anthem Breach Victims Go To Court Over Cybersecurity Audit Release
Dark Reading reports: Victims of a data breach at health insurer Anthem in February 2015 have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and are seeking details of an audit by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Anthem’s network security, Modern Healthcare reports. In the cyberattack, hackers compromised personal details of around 80…