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National Cyber Security Radio 02/15/12
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FORREST B. SMITH, age 77, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Specifically, SMITH pleaded guilty to possessing images depicting the sexual exploitation and victimization of children.
Warning of “cyber mayhem” sweeping the country, leaders …
Slidell Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
NEW ORLEANS—FORREST B. SMITH, age 77, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Specifically, SMITH pleaded guilty to possessing images depicting the sexual exploitation and victimization of children.
According to courts documents, SMITH downloaded and obtained 21,877 images and 1,498 videos depicting minors, including infants, …
National Cyber Security Radio 02/14/12
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement created a cybercrime task force to keep up with crimes committed online.
Louisiana city employees and potential outside sources will be examined in an FBI investigation into possible cyber crimes that have been committed with a computer(s) in the water distribution office.
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Looking for Love? Beware of Online Dating Scams
Millions of Americans visit online dating websites every year, hoping to find a companion or even a soul mate.
But today, on Valentine’s Day, we want to warn you that criminals use these sites, too, looking to turn the lonely and vulnerable into fast money through a variety of scams.
These criminals—who also troll social media sites and chat rooms in search of romantic victims—usually claim to …
National Cyber Security Radio 02/13/12
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The U.S. is trying to dabble in policing the Internet again, but in a vastly different way. Meet S.1469 or the International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act.
Over a period of several weeks, the Computer Crimes and Forensics Investigations Unit of the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office has been conducting a number of cyber crime investigations. …
Bogus “FBI Funds Notifications” E-Mails
The Baltimore FBI office is receiving a large number of telephone calls concerning e-mails supposedly from the FBI Director, the Baltimore Special Agent in Charge, or other top Bureau officials. These e-mails claim that you are the “rightful beneficiary” of large sums of money wired from the Central Bank of Nigeria but intercepted by the FBI and that you can release the funds by obtaining …
National Cyber Security Radio 02/10/12
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The U.S. is trying to dabble in policing the Internet again, but in a vastly different way. Meet S.1469 or the International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act.
Over a period of several weeks, the Computer Crimes and Forensics Investigations Unit of the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office has been conducting a number of cyber crime investigations. …
Cyber Alerts for Parents & Kids Tip #2: Beware of ‘Sextortion’
At the beginning of her summer break in June 2005, a 15-year-old Florida girl logged onto her computer and received a startling instant message. The sender, whom the girl didn’t know, said he had seen her photo online and that he wanted her to send him pictures—of her in the shower. When the girl didn’t comply, the sender showed he knew where she lived and …
National Cyber Security Radio 02/09/12
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The former owner of a pair of Illinois-based technology companies has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for her role in a scheme to bribe school officials to land federal contracts for providing Internet service in several states.
An associate of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was released from custody on bail in New Zealand …
Former Owner of Illinois Technology Company Sentenced to Serve 30 Months in Prison for Role in Multi-State Scheme to Defraud Federal E-Rate Program
WASHINGTON—A former owner of two Illinois-based technology companies was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison for her participation in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced. Gloria Harper was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier.
Harper was charged in U.S. District Court in New Orleans on Nov. 18, 2010, with conspiring to defraud the E-Rate …
Brooklyn Man Charged with Production of Child Pornography
Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Janice K. Fedarcyk, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office, today announced that Taleek Brooks was arrested last night for production of child pornography.1 The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack, at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 …
Overland Park Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
KANSAS CITY, KS—A Shawnee Mission man has pleaded guilty to a charge of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
In his plea, Steven Miller, 30, Shawnee Mission, Kan., admitted that investigators found child pornography he produced on computer hard drives. The photos showed Miller sexually abusing a 3-year-old boy. The abuse took place in 2003 while Miller was living in Overland Park, Kan.
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National Cyber Security Radio 01/30/12
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The Cyber Crime Police on Saturday arrested two youths from Mumbai on the charge of making a bomb hoax call to the HSBC BPO there.
A child can now be at greater risk sitting in a bedroom on a computer than outside the school gates, the Home Secretary has said.
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National Cyber Security Radio 01/27/12
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Last month hackers took control of passenger rail lines in the Northwest, disrupting signals twice and creating delays.
Businesses list the threats they are most concerned about in 2012; leading the list: unplanned IT and telecom outages, data breaches, and adverse weather.
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Two Chardon Residents Charged with Tax, Social Security Fraud, and Identity Theft Offenses
A 41-count criminal information was filed charging David T. Tufts, age 45, and Nelida I. Velasco, age 37, both of Chardon, Ohio, with conspiracy to file false tax returns, filing false tax returns, misuse of Social Security account numbers, and aggravated identity theft, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
The information charges that from in or about March 2009 …
Rochester Man Sentenced in Computer Intrusion Case
ROCHESTER, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David George Smith, 47, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of wrecklessly causing damage to a computer domain, was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to pay restitution to the victim company in the amount of $4,671 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan W. Feldman.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bradley E. Tyler, who handled the case, …
National Cyber Security Radio 01/25/12
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The Senate was able to approve on Tuesday morning the long-delayed Cybercrime bill whose latest amended version proposes the creation of new government offices.
According to the FBI and the Department of Justice, cyber-crime is on the rise among American businesses, and it is costing them dearly. Cyber-crime includes a myriad of devious criminal practices designed …
Timeshare Marketing Scams
Timeshare owners across the country are being scammed out of millions of dollars by unscrupulous companies that promise to sell or rent the unsuspecting victims’ timeshares. In the typical scam, timeshare owners receive unexpected or uninvited telephone calls or e-mails from criminals posing as sales representatives for a timeshare resale company. The representative promises a quick sale, often within 60-90 days. The sales representatives often …
National Cyber Security Radio 01/24/12
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The Syrian Cabinet approved on Tuesday a bill on organizing internet communication and combating cybercrime.
Three North Carolina teens are accused of not only hacking another teen’s Facebook page but also posting derogatory messages and an obscene image on it.
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Fresno Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography
FRESNO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Justin Paul Gladding, 36, of Fresno, to eight years and one month in prison for receiving child pornography.
According to court documents, Gladding received via the Internet more than 600 images and videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct including some that involved the portrayal of sadistic, …
National Cyber Security Radio 01/23/12
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The two-pronged email smear campaign that targeted former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich on the eve of South Carolina’s pivotal “First in the South” presidential primary was a “big, highly-sophisticated” undertaking, according to one of the law enforcement professionals currently investigating the cyber crime.
From compromised machines to mass email lists for spamming, electronically-transferring funds out of …
Are you a Victim of Cyber Crime? The FBI Wants to Help
Cyber criminals can damage their victim’s computer systems and data by changing or deleting files, wiping hard drives, or erasing backups to hide some or all of their malicious activity and tradecraft. By wiping, or “zeroing out,” the hard disk drives, which overwrites good data with zeros or other characters, the criminals effectively erase or alter all existing data, greatly impeding restoration. This sort of …
National Cyber Security Radio 01/19/12
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A Computer Programmer has been arrested over the theft of $10m worth of proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
While the rest of the world was making resolutions and sleeping off a night of partying, a South African cybercrime gang rang in the New Year by stealing more than $5 million …
National Cyber Security Radio 01/18/12
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To combat the growing problem of cyber crime, Google has decided to take matters into its own hands. Yesterday in the US, it started Good to Know, a consumer education campaign the internet giant is hoping will make the web a safer place.
A suspected Russian cyber-crook has arrived in the US to face charges of …
Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Arrest of Computer Programmer for Stealing Proprietary Code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging BO ZHANG, a computer programmer, with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where ZHANG worked as a …
National Cyber Security Radio 01/17/12
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SignatureLink, Inc. announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with ThreatMetrix, Inc. SignatureLink will integrate ThreatMetrix’s Cybercrime Defender Platform with SignatureLink’s online “friendly fraud” technology giving merchants and the entire online payment community the ability to address 100% of online payment fraud.
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