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Iowa phisher gets 21 months in jail

Iowa phisher gets 21 months in jail

An Iowa man, guilty of using phishing schemes to dupe as many as 250 MSN customers into giving up their personal information, was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison.
Dan Kaplan May 22 2006 8:48PM Security
Jail sentence for Malware writer not enough

Jail sentence for Malware writer not enough

A web poll of 275 PC users found 60 percent of respondents think the jail sentence dished out to Jeanson James Ancheta wasn’t long enough.
Staff Writers May 12 2006 3:09PM Security
Botmaster Ancheta gets 57 months in jail

Botmaster Ancheta gets 57 months in jail

A hacker has been jailed for almost five years for creating a zombie network of hundreds of thousands of computers.
René Millman May 9 2006 4:23PM Security
'Fat Spaniard' hacker faces 40 years in jail

'Fat Spaniard' hacker faces 40 years in jail

An individual suspected of hacking hundreds of thousands of euros from bank accounts has been extradited from Argentina by international authorities.
William Eazel Apr 11 2006 9:27AM Security
Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

A married couple is to be jailed for developing and selling an industrial espionage spyware trojan that helped private investigators spy on their clients' competitors.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 11:04AM Security
Hackers to face decade in jail

Hackers to face decade in jail

Hackers in the U.K. could face ten years in jail under stiff new laws passed in parliament.
René Millman Mar 8 2006 4:44PM Security
Botmaster faces six years in jail

Botmaster faces six years in jail

A 20-year-old man who seized control of hundreds of thousands of zombie computers, using them to display cash-generating adverts and renting them out to hackers to send spam campaigns and launch denial of service (DoS) attacks has pleaded guilty to several counts of conspiracy in a California court.
René Millman Jan 24 2006 11:20AM Security
$20m software pirate sent to jail

$20m software pirate sent to jail

Nathan Peterson, owner and operator of iBackups, pleaded guilty in a District Court in Alexandria, Va., to two counts of criminal copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling nearly $20 million worth of computer software.
William Eazel Dec 22 2005 11:33AM Security
'Dr. Chaos' gets seven more years in jail

'Dr. Chaos' gets seven more years in jail

The hacker responsible for a series of Wisconsin power failures five years ago was sentenced to seven more years in federal prison this week.
Frank Washkuch Dec 1 2005 8:20PM Security
Sasser teen escapes spell in jail

Sasser teen escapes spell in jail

The teen behind the Sasser and Netsky computer worms has avoided a prison sentence, despite admitting he was responsible for the worms that brought computers around the world to a grinding halt and caused millions of dollars was damage.
René Millman Jul 8 2005 2:27PM Security
Time in jail awaits 'Timeshare Spammer'

Time in jail awaits 'Timeshare Spammer'

A Florida man known as the “Timeshare Spammer” has pleaded guilty to one count of violating federal anti-spam laws.
René Millman Jul 1 2005 2:25PM Security
Italian virus writer avoids jail term

Italian virus writer avoids jail term

A virus writer has escaped jail, but not a €3,000 ($3,800) fine, after creating and distributing a worm that made premium-rate phone calls from infected computers. The worm was created in an attempt to steal more than €100,000 ($129,000).
René Millman Apr 12 2005 4:27PM Security
DDoS teens may have to sulk in jail

DDoS teens may have to sulk in jail

The FBI has arrested two teenagers in connection with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a New Jersey sporting goods firm.
David Quainton Mar 23 2005 2:45PM Security
Blaster writer bargains for less jail time

Blaster writer bargains for less jail time

The teenager accused of releasing a version of the Blaster worm last year has bargained with officials to reduce his jail time.
Dan Ilett Aug 13 2004 10:06AM Security
Wireless hacker faces 15 years in jail

Wireless hacker faces 15 years in jail

A wireless hacker faces up to 15 years in jail for stealing credit card numbers from a chain of shops in the US.
Dan Ilett Jun 7 2004 3:40PM Security
Teenage hacker escapes jail

Teenage hacker escapes jail

A British hacker who triggered a terrorist alert after hacking a US physics laboratory has received a light sentence of 200 hours community service.
Jon Tullett Feb 3 2004 9:43AM Security
Jail term for Dotnet director

Jail term for Dotnet director
Vivienne Fisher Jan 1 2000 12:00AM Hardware

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