Eagle Radio reports: A former employee of a private school in Leatherhead has been found guilty of a number of cyber-crime offences investigated by Surrey Police. Donald Bart-Williams was sacked from his role in the IT department at St Johns School, but used his specialist skills and knowledge to hack into the school system and…
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Arizona Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributed Denial of Service Attacks against Emergency Communications System and Other Municipal Websites
There’s a follow-up to a case noted previously on this blog involving a serial DDoS attacker described by others as the internet’s most inept criminal. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, today: An Arizona man was sentenced yesterday in Phoenix, Ariz., for directing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at the computer networks…
UK: Grant West, aka “Courvoisier,” sentenced to 10 years and eight months
A prolific computer hacker has been jailed for 10 years and eight months for stealing financial data and passwords belonging to tens of thousands of people in order to sell the information on the dark web. Grant West, 26, sent “phishing” emails, designed to look as if they came from legitimate businesses, to target customers…
Vengeful DDoSer who used DDoS-for-hire services sentenced to 15 years
Update: I think my headline mislead my readers – sorry: he was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. I’m not sure how many years he got for each of the charges. May 17 – A New Mexico man was sentenced today in St. Paul, Minnesota, for directing computer attacks against…
Romanian Computer Hacker Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for Staging Denial of Service Attacks on ‘World of Warcraft’ Servers
May 7 – A Romanian computer hacker who orchestrated a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the European servers of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft was sentenced today to one year in federal prison. Calin Mateias, 38, of Romania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis…
NYC: Former Receptionist Who Stole Identities of More Than 650 Dental Patients Sentenced to 2-to-6 Years in Prison
There’s a follow-up on a case first reported in 2015, although we still do not know the name of the victim dental practice: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of ANNIE VUONG, 31, to 2-to-6 years in state prison for stealing personal identifying information from more than 650 patients at…