NEW YORK — Convicted hacker Jeremy Hammond was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for stealing internal emails from the global intelligence firm Stratfor. Shuffling into courtroom with long, wavy hair and a wide smile, Hammond shouted “what’s up, my brothers” to a courtroom packed with scores of supporters. When it was his turn […]
Prosecutors seeking 10 years for Chicago hacker
A Chicago “hacktivist” labeled by federal prosecutors as one of the world’s most dangerous cyberterrorists faces up to 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced in a New York courtroom today. When federal agents kicked in the door of his South Side home in March 2012, Jeremy Hammond was already a cause celebre among anarchists […]
NYPD detective from Bronxville admits to computer hacking
NEW YORK — A New York City police detective who lives in Bronxville has admitted to paying hackers thousands of dollars to break into email and cellphone accounts of his ex-girlfriend, fellow colleagues and others, officials said. Edwin Vargas pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to computer hacking and conspiring to commit computer […]
Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention
(Reuters) – Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference. The New Zealand-born Jack, 35, was found dead on Thursday evening by “a […]
25 fraud charges laid in scam worth $8M
Toronto police have charged 25 people in what they say was an elaborate fraud involving shell companies, false documents and money laundering to bilk financial institutions out of millions. Police say between March 2011 and October 2012 the accused were able to swindle GTA financial institutions — some of them major banks —out of $8 […]
