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Siblings convicted in first felony spam case

posted onNovember 4, 2004
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A brother and sister who sent junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted Wednesday in the nation's first felony prosecution of Internet spam distributors.

Jurors recommended that Jeremy Jaynes be sentenced to nine years in prison and fined Jessica DeGroot $7,500 after convicting them of three counts each of sending e-mails with fraudulent and untraceable routing information.

A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, 30, was acquitted of similar charges.

Dutch government takes legal action against DDoS attacker

posted onNovember 4, 2004
by hitbsecnews

The Dutch government is to launch legal proceedings against a suspected hacker accused of recently disabling several government websites for four days through a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, the ICTU - the government agency that oversees information and communication technology in the public sector - has reported.

The suspect is an 18-year old youth, and a possible member of the "0x1fe Crew", a group of around 15 hackers protesting recent cabinet decisions.

Computer Associates’ Sanjay Kumar indicted by feds

posted onSeptember 23, 2004
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SANJAY KUMAR was arraigned on charges of federal securities fraud and allegations he obstructed investigations.
Kumar will be charged with the serious allegation that he conspired to obstruct a federal investigation into the state of Computer Associates’accounting practices.

CA has brokered a del with the authorities and it itself is now alleging that a crooked accounting scheme compounded the charges.

CA has dished out $370 million to its investors and said it will cooperate with the authorities.

The case, or some of the case, continues.

Sabotage charge for Sasser teen

posted onSeptember 9, 2004
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A German teenager who created the Sasser worm that disrupted computers around the world in May has been charged with computer sabotage, prosecutors said.

Sven Jaschan, 18, was arrested after telling officials his original intention was to create a virus, "Netsky A," that would combat the "Mydoom" and "Bagle" viruses, removing them from infected computers.

He developed several versions of the Netsky virus and, after modifying it, created Sasser, which raced around the world exploiting a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.

NK man faces computer-hacking charges

posted onSeptember 3, 2004
by hitbsecnews

Michael Ray "Hairball" Wally, 21, of North Kensington, Pennsylvania, has been charged with 42 counts of identity theft and 247 counts of using a computer in a crime. Mr. Wally allegedly stole over 2,000 credit card numbers from the computers of a number of businesses and posted them on his website, HBX Networks, for use by others; police report that some of the cards were used for fraudulent purchases. The website claims HBX is a non-profit organization that documents flaws in computer networks, and gives details of how Mr.

U.S. sues firm over Do Not Call list

posted onSeptember 2, 2004
by hitbsecnews

The suit, filed in federal court in Nevada, charges Braglia Marketing Group with making more than 300,000 telephone calls to people on the Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade Commission said.

The lawsuit was filed by the Justice Department at the request of the FTC.
Braglia makes sales calls on behalf of real estate developers selling time share resort properties in Atlantic City, N.J., the FTC said.

Representatives of Braglia could not be reached for comment.

Not guilty pleas in alleged mail fraud

posted onAugust 19, 2004
by hitbsecnews

Two men accused of aiding a Romanian man charged with hacking into the online ordering system of the world's largest computer equipment distributor pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Olufemi Tinubu of Atlanta, Georgia, and Jeremy Long of Richmond, Virginia, are among five men accused of helping Calin Mateias, a 24-year-old from Bucharest, with hacking into the online ordering system of Ingram Micro Inc.

Two plead not guilty in Ingram hacking case

posted onAugust 18, 2004
by hitbsecnews

Two men accused of aiding a Romanian man charged with hacking into the online ordering system of the world's largest computer equipment distributor pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Olufemi Tinubu of Atlanta and Jeremy Long of Richmond, Va., are among five men accused of helping Calin Mateias, a 24-year-old from Bucharest, with hacking into the online ordering system of Ingram Micro.

Investigators say Mateias posed as a legitimate customer to place more than 2,000 orders totaling $10 million over four years.

Minnesota teen pleads guilty to unleashing Blaster variant

posted onAugust 12, 2004
by hitbsecnews

A Minnesota high school senior pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to unleashing a variant of the "Blaster" Internet worm, which crippled more than a million computers last summer.

Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minn., is likely to face 18 months to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a protected computer. He also could be ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution, Assistant U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes said.

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