December 18, 2023 at 10:03AM Former IT manager of a New Jersey high school, Conor LaHiff, admitted to cyberattacking his ex-employer following termination. He pleaded guilty to unauthorized damage to protected computers, targeting Apple and IT administrator accounts. His actions caused over $5,000 in losses to the school. LaHiff faces up to 10 years in … Read more
December 12, 2023 at 02:48PM Ex-First Republic Bank cloud engineer, Miklos Daniel Brody, was sentenced to two years in prison for causing over $220,000 in damage to his former employer’s computer network by using his company-issued laptop to watch pornography. He pleaded guilty to violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and making false statements … Read more
December 12, 2023 at 10:05AM Cloud engineer Miklos Daniel Brody was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $529,000 in restitution for wiping his former employer’s code repositories, First Republic Bank. The bank, with over 7,000 employees and $6.75 billion in annual revenue, closed on May 1, 2023, and was sold to … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 06:49PM Sandu Diaconu, operator of the illegal E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a potential 20-year prison sentence for selling access to compromised computers. Diaconu was arrested in the U.K. after authorities seized E-Root’s domains. The U.S. seeks both imprisonment and forfeiture of Diaconu’s criminal proceeds. E-Root … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 06:42PM Sandu Diaconu, operator of the E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a maximum imprisonment penalty of 20 years. He is accused of selling access to compromised computers. Evidence suggests over 350,000 compromised systems were listed for sale on E-Root, including government systems and those from various … Read more