By Cyber Lawyer on April 30, 2010
An Indian national was sentenced today to 81 months in prison on conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to “hack” into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, Judgement/Court Decisions, USA
By Cyber Lawyer on March 4, 2010
United State Court Of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Office Depot v. Zuccarini In December 2000, Office Depot obtained a judgment against Zuccarini under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 (“ACPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), rising out of Zuccarini’s registration of the domain name “officdepot.com.” Office Depot was unable to collect on the judgment [...]
Posted in Court Decision, Cyber Laws, USA
By Cyber Lawyer on February 5, 2010
Web is buzzing with news of alliance between Google with National Security Alliance. It says that Google is teaming up with the agency for cyber security reasons… specifically to investigate into a corporate espionage attack, that originated in China. The partnership strikes at the core of one of the most sensitive issues for the government and [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, Google, USA
By Cyber Lawyer on November 18, 2009
Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a person known only as “Hacker 3;” have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the Atlanta-based credit card processing company RBS [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, USA
By Cyber Lawyer on November 12, 2009
Cyber Criminals Toolkits on sale — Interview with Tech Consultant Jesse Hirsh. … some malicious hackers have started selling their expertise online. Want a virus, you can get one in your very own cyber crime tool kit along with 12 months technical support !!!
Posted in Cyber Crime, USA, Video
By Cyber Lawyer on October 28, 2009
PLUMAS LAKE MAN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR COMPUTER FRAUD – Used the Internet to Steal Micro-Deposits According to Assistant United States Attorney Matthew D. Segal, a prosecutor in the office’s Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) unit, who prosecuted the case, from November 2007 through May 2008, LARGENT wrote [...]
Posted in Cyber Crime, USA | Tagged Computer Fraud, Computer Hacking, Cyber Crime, E-Trade, Email Scam, FBI, Google, Government Databases, Online Share Trading, Phishing Phry, USA, VOIP
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