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Al Capone of junk mail heading for the big houseNotorious spammer Robert Soloway faces an extended spell behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges last Friday.… read more »
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The notorious spammer authorities dubbed "the King of Spam" is facing a possible 26-year jail sentence after pleading guilty in Seattle on Friday to charges of fraud and tax evasion. read more »
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A 21-year-old could face up to 10 years in prison in the U.S. after pleading guilty to installing advertising software on PCs located around Europe without permission. read more »
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A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he sold counterfeit software with a retail value of more than $1 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said. read more »
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A Fairfield, California, hacker has pleaded guilty to launching a Valentine's Day 2007 computer attack that nearly knocked an anti-phishing Web site offline. read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 03:40:22 -0500 (CDT)http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802261By Thomas ClaburnInformationWeekJuly 2, 2008Between March 2003 and July 2006, the Tran Organization -- a group of high-tech card cheats -- scammed casinos around the country for about $7 million. On one occasion, they made $868,000 in about 90 minutes.On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said that Son Hong Johnson, one of th read more »
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A disgruntled network administrator pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of computer tampering for allegedly setting up an unauthorized access system and holding much of the city of San Francisco's computer network hostage. read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:07:45 -0500 (CDT)http://www.ocregister.com/articles/felony-khan-school-2153228-singh-countsBy SCOTT MARTINDALEThe Orange County RegisterSeptember 10, 2008One of the two Tesoro High School seniors accused of burglarizing their school in May and hacking into a teacher's computer has been sentenced to three years' probation and 200 hours of community service.Tanvir Singh, 18, of Ladera Ranch pleaded guilty in court to one felony count and o read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:43:53 -0500 (CDT)http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/15/232309/tjx-hacker-pleads-guilty.htmBy Ian GrantComputerWeekly.com15 Sep 2008Damon Patrick Toey last week became the first person to plead guilty to helping to steal more than 40 million identities and account details in the world's biggest criminal computer hack.US attorneys charged Toey and 10 others on 5 August with conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity the read more »
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The 20-year-old son of a prominent Tennessee Democrat stands accused of hacking into the e-mail address of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The alleged hacker, David Kernell, was indicted Oct. 8 by a federal grand jury and faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted. - The 20-year-old son of a Tennesseestate legislator pleaded not guilty to illegally accessing the e-mailaccount of Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. SarahPalin.David C. Kernell, 20, son o read more »
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Round up the unusual suspectsA cybercrook who got greedy and careless has admitted using hacked ATM codes to loot Citibank accounts.… read more »
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