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Virus spreading snooper pleads guilty

Virus spreading snooper pleads guilty

Fake anti-virus scam.
Tom Brewster Oct 26 2010 9:12AM Security
DarkMarket mastermind pleads guilty

DarkMarket mastermind pleads guilty

'JiLsi' revealed as Sri Lankan man.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 18 2010 11:39AM Security
"Iceman" hacker pleads guilty, faces 60 years

"Iceman" hacker pleads guilty, faces 60 years

A hacker who went by the alias "Iceman" pleaded guilty in a US federal court to charges of wire fraud and now faces up to 60 years in prison.
Angela Moscaritolo Jul 1 2009 11:06AM Security
Teenage hacker pleads guilty to Church of Scientology cyber attacks

Teenage hacker pleads guilty to Church of Scientology cyber attacks

A teenage hacker has pleaded guilty to taking the Church of Scientology's website offline in 2008.
SC Australia Staff May 13 2009 10:52AM Security
McKinnon pleads guilty to UK hacking offence

McKinnon pleads guilty to UK hacking offence

UK hacker Gary McKinnon is pursuing a new route to avoid extradition to the US – by pleading guilty to an offence in the UK.
Bryan Glick Jan 13 2009 3:10PM Security
Second TJX hacker pleads guilty

Second TJX hacker pleads guilty

A Miami man pleaded guilty this week for his involvement in the wireless-enabled data heists at TJX and a number of other well-known retailers.
Dan Kaplan Sep 24 2008 9:56AM Security
TJX hacker pleads guilty as charged

TJX hacker pleads guilty as charged

Damon Patrick Toey has become the first person to be brought to justice in the hacking of TJX, which is one of the biggest cases of its kind.
Iain Thomson Sep 15 2008 11:37AM Security
HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

A former vice president at Hewlett Packard has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from IBM and passing them over to his new employers.
Iain Thomson Jul 14 2008 3:52PM Hardware
HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

HP exec pleads guilt to IBM theft

A former vice president at Hewlett Packard has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from IBM and passing them over to his new employers.
Iain Thomson Jul 12 2008 12:52PM Hardware
Los Angeles botmaster pleads guilty

Los Angeles botmaster pleads guilty

A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges he oversaw a collection of hundreds of thousands of zombie computers that he used to steal personal data and perpetrate identity theft.
Dan Kaplan Apr 18 2008 9:52AM Security
Juvenile pleads guilty to infecting military, Sandia Laboratories PCs

Juvenile pleads guilty to infecting military, Sandia Laboratories PCs

A juvenile cohort of botmaster Jeanson James Ancheta pleaded guilty this week to using botnets to infect thousands of PCs, including those used by sensitive government agencies.
Frank Washkuch Feb 13 2008 11:39AM Security
Los Angeles botmaster faces 60 years in prison, US$1.75 million fine

Los Angeles botmaster faces 60 years in prison, US$1.75 million fine

A California man is facing a maximum of 60 years in prison and a US$1.75 million fine after agreeing to plead guilty to using botnets to steal PC users' personal and financial information.
Frank Washkush Jr Nov 13 2007 9:59AM Security
AMD pleads for new energy metric

AMD pleads for new energy metric

AMD has introduced a new energy metric which it claims will more closely resemble power consumption in real-world deployments.
Tom Sanders Sep 11 2007 8:18AM Hardware
AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

A 23-year-old man accused of sending spam and phishing emails that targeted AOL subscribers pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a US court, the country's Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
Jim Carr Aug 24 2007 10:37AM Security
US citizen pleads guilty to creating spyware and ID theft

US citizen pleads guilty to creating spyware and ID theft

A US citizen, who was charged with creating and distributing a Trojan horse intended to steal computer usernames and passwords, has pleaded guilty in court.
Fiona Raisbeck Feb 26 2007 12:53AM Security
HP PI pleads guilty to identity theft

HP PI pleads guilty to identity theft

A private investigator, hired by HP, pleaded guilty to charges of identity theft and conspiracy in the US on Friday.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 15 2007 9:56AM Security
British man, 19, pleads guilty to email attack on former employer

British man, 19, pleads guilty to email attack on former employer

A British man pleaded guilty Wednesday to launching a DoS attack on his former employer's email server.
Dan Kaplan Aug 24 2006 3:19PM Security
Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection

Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection

A U.S. man has pleaded guilty of creating a zombie network of 50,000 computers to launch a devastating attack against a Seattle hospital.
William Eazel May 8 2006 10:07AM Security
Venezuelan pleads guilty to U.S. military hack

Venezuelan pleads guilty to U.S. military hack

A 26-year-old Venezuelan pleaded guilty last week to hacking into a U.S. military computer.
David Quainton Aug 2 2005 10:43AM Security
Hacker pleads guilty in WebTV case

Hacker pleads guilty in WebTV case

A Louisianan has pleaded guilty to sending an email virus that caused WebTV users' computers to dial the 911 emergency service without their knowledge.
René Millman Feb 15 2005 12:03PM Security

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