Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into Registry to Fake His Death, Prosecutors Say

August 23, 2024 at 08:03AM Kentucky man Jesse Kipf was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after faking his death to avoid paying child support. He hacked into state registries and manipulated official records, resulting in his registration as a deceased person in multiple government databases. Kipf also accessed private networks and attempted to … Read more

Deadbeat dad faked his own death by hacking government databases

August 21, 2024 at 03:42AM A man in the US faked his own death by hacking government systems, resulting in an 81-month jail sentence for computer fraud and identity theft. Jesse Kipf accessed Hawaii’s Death Registry System, certified his own death, and manipulated databases to avoid child support payments. He also attempted to sell network … Read more

US ‘laptop farm’ man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Koreans to raise funds for weapons

August 8, 2024 at 05:03PM The FBI arrested Matthew Isaac Knoot, a Tennessee man, for running a “laptop farm” scheme that outsourced IT jobs to North Koreans while posing as a US citizen. The scheme allegedly helped fund Pyongyang’s weapons programs and earned over $250,000 per job. Knoot faces charges that could lead to 20 … Read more