Security News

Mirai Authors Avoid Prison After Working With FBI
2018-09-19 07:29

Three individuals who last year admitted creating and using the notorious Mirai botnet have avoided prison after helping the FBI in other cybercrime investigations, the U.S. Department of Justice...

Nigerian Fraudster Who Stole Millions Heads to U.S. Prison
2018-09-14 20:22

A Nigerian man was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 60 months in prison for his role in fraudulent business email compromise (BEC) scams, the United States Department of Justice announced...

How refusing to give police your Facebook password can lead to prison
2018-09-04 11:59

A suspect will be jailed for 14 months for refusing to hand over his Facebook password to detectives investigating a 13-year-old's murder.

Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities' Naked Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison
2018-08-31 09:02

George Garofano (left) The fourth celebrity hacker—who was charged earlier this year with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonged to Jennifer Lawrence and other Hollywood...

Notorious Cybercriminal Released From Prison
2018-08-28 11:35

Earlier this month, Belarusian authorities released from prison Sergey Yarets, a notorious cybercriminal and co-developer of the Andromeda botnet. read more

NSA Leaker 'Reality Winner' Gets More Than 5 Years in Prison
2018-08-24 08:33

A former NSA contractor, who pleaded guilty to leaking a classified report on Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election to an online news outlet last year, has been sentenced to five...

Winner, Winner, prison dinner: Five years in the clink for NSA leaker
2018-08-23 19:59

Longest-ever sentence for Russia hack whistleblower as defenders claim public service A former NSA translator who leaked a classified report into attempted Russian hacking of US voting systems has...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is dictating tweets from prison
2018-08-16 10:47

The family of "Dread Pirate Roberts" got him an account and is typing in, word for word, his tweets, including his hope for Trump's clemency.

Former Microsoft Engineer Gets Prison for Role in Reveton Ransomware
2018-08-15 09:33

A former Microsoft network engineer who was charged in April this year has now been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering in connection with the Reveton...

Darknet Market Spokesman Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison
2018-08-01 21:10

ATLANTA (AP) — A man who promoted an international criminal online marketplace and assisted people using it for illicit transactions was sentenced Tuesday in Atlanta to serve nearly four years in...