Security News

Man Sentenced to Prison for ATM Jackpotting
2018-09-28 13:25

A 22-year-old man from Springfield, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to prison for his role in an ATM jackpotting scheme. Argenys Rodriguez will spend 12 months and one day in prison, followed by...

Teenage Apple Hacker Avoids Prison Time
2018-09-28 10:33

Hacker Who Kept 'Hacky Hack Hack Methods' Folder on His Computer Gets ProbationAn Australian man who as a teenager managed to infiltrate Apple's networks and do it again after the company expelled...

Ex-NSA Developer Gets 5.5 Years in Prison for Taking Top Secret Documents Home
2018-09-26 09:03

A former NSA employee has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for illegally taking a copy of highly classified documents and hacking tools to his home computer between 2010 and 2015,...

Scan4You Operator Gets 14-Year Prison Sentence
2018-09-25 15:48

Counter-AV Service Tied to $20.5 Billion in Losses, Likely Including at TargetScan4You, a notorious cornerstone of the cybercrime-as-a-service economy that allowed malware developers to more...

Operator of Counter AV Service Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
2018-09-24 14:49

A 38-year-old Latvian resident was sentenced last week in the United States to 168 months in prison for his role in operating a counter antivirus service called Scan4You. read more

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