Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two members of the Carbanak (Cobalt) cybercrime group were sentenced today in a Kazakhstan court to eight years in prison for stealing from Kazakhstan banks. The sentencing was announced today by the Almaty city prosecutor’s office. The two hackers, whose names were not released, were found guilty of hacking into the IT systems of several Kazakh…
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NH: Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison for Hacking Police Department in Revenge for Drug Arrest
Wayne Kenney, 31, of Hooksett, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for unauthorized access to a computer and damage to protected computers, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, in early 2015, Kenney…
Update: Kirill Victorovich Firsov Sentenced to 30 Months for Running DEER.io Site Selling Stolen, Counterfeit and Hacked Accounts
The following is a press release from the government with an update to the case of Kirill Victorovich Firsov. Firsov, the administrator of the DEER.io platform, was arrested on March 7, 2020 and pleaded guilty on January 21 of this year. The DEER.io platform was shut down days after Firsov’s arrest. SAN DIEGO – Kirill…
D.C.: Metropolitan Police Department Employee Sentenced for Accepting More than $40,000 in Cash Bribes in Exchange for Personal Identifying Information of Traffic Crash Victims
May 19 – Aaron Willis, 38, of Maryland, was sentenced today to a term of 36 months’ probation, 6 months’ of intermittent incarceration and six months’ home confinement for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for unlawfully providing information contained in non-public police paperwork identifying individuals involved in traffic accidents, announced Channing D….
Operator of WeLeakInfo database marketplace sentenced to two years in prison
Catalin Cimpanu reports: One of the three operators of WeLeakInfo, a website that sold access to hacked databases, was sentenced today in the Netherlands to two years in prison, with one year suspended. In court proceedings that took place earlier this year, the suspect, a 23-year-old whose name was not released, admitted to managing the…
Houston Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Federal Prison for Massive Credit Card Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced EDWARD TOLIVER, age 47, a New Orleans native who had been living in Houston, Texas, to 124 months in federal prison for his role in a massive credit card fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The sentencing was held on April 29, 2021. In…