REDMOND, Wash. – In a coordinated operation, Microsoft Corp., in cooperation with leaders in the financial services industry and other technology industry partners, as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced recently it has successfully disrupted more than a thousand botnets that are responsible for stealing people’s online banking information and personal identities. The FBI [...]
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Microsoft-led industry partnership with FBI helps bust cybercrime ring
June 12th, 2013 
National Cyber Security Man charged with making Web threats against University of Pittsburgh
July 1st, 2012 hitech Federal authorities arrested an Ohio computer specialist on June 20 for making threats against the University of Pittsburgh via YouTube last spring at the same time the school was dealing with a series of intensifying bomb threats. Alexander Waterland, of Loveland, OH, wasn’t charged with the string of bomb threats against the university, but with [...]
FBI warns of scam email using director Mueller’s name
July 1st, 2012 hitech Online scammers are using fake email from FBI Director Robert Mueller, as well as from various FBI domestic and international offices, to scam the public, said the agency. The FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center said they have increasing reports of suspicious email that purports to be from Mueller, which typically endorse lotteries or [...]
FBI cyber sting breaks massive international ‘carding’ operation
July 1st, 2012 hitech An intricate, two-year FBI Internet undercover operation that lured alleged cyber thieves to a fake Website netted two dozen arrests of hackers in eight countries in what the agency said is one of the largest coordinated international law enforcement actions in history directed at “carding” crimes. The operation, said the FBI, potentially saved legitimate credit [...]
Cupcake baker warns businesses of costly online scam!
May 17th, 2012 hitech A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes. “I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes. Johnson works out of [...]
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Comments OffKnoxville Resident Tracey Hill Sentenced to Five Years of Probation for Computer Fraud
April 6th, 2012 National Cyber Security KNOXVILLE—Tracey Hill, 38, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to serve five years’ probation by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Judge, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. She was also ordered to pay $31,000 in restitution. Hill pleaded guilty on February 17, 2010 to an information [...]
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Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffEl Paso Businessman Indicted for Unauthorized Computer Access Waives Arraignment and Pleads Not Guilty
April 5th, 2012 National Cyber Security United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan today announced that a federal grand jury in El Paso has indicted 37-year-old Joseph Paul Taylor in connection with an unauthorized computer intrusion. On March 28, 2012, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Taylor with two counts of computer [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: child-pornography, computer-crimes, cyber-crimes, cyber-security, fbi, featured, gregory-evans, internet-crimes, National Cyber Security Comments OffThree Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Participating in International Child Pornography Ring
March 12th, 2012 National Cyber Security WASHINGTON—Three men were sentenced to prison today in Los Angeles for their participation in an international child pornography ring, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California, and Assistant Director in Charge Steve Martinez of the FBI’s Los Angeles [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, PoliceOne, Prison Time, Uncategorized Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffJustice Department and FBI Raise Awareness of Disaster Fraud Hotline
March 9th, 2012 National Cyber Security Washington – The Department of Justice, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) remind the public there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Suspected fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with the recent series of tornadoes in the Midwest and South should be reported [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffSix Hackers in the United States and Abroad Charged for Crimes Affecting Over One Million Victims
March 8th, 2012 National Cyber Security Five computer hackers in the United States and abroad were charged today, and a sixth pled guilty, for computer hacking and other crimes. The six hackers identified themselves as aligned with the group Anonymous, which is a loose confederation of computer hackers and others, and/or offshoot groups related to Anonymous, including “Internet Feds,” “LulzSec,” and [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, Featured Stories, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffMember of Large-Scale Identity Theft Ring Sentenced
March 6th, 2012 National Cyber Security NEWARK—A Bergen County, New Jersey woman who was a member of a large-scale and sophisticated identity theft scheme was sentenced to 41 months in prison today, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jung-Sook Ko, a/k/a “Grace Lim,” 48, of Ridgefield, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on November 15, 2011 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, Featured Stories, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffAt RSA Conference, FBI Director Discusses Cyber Threats
March 2nd, 2012 National Cyber Security Today at the annual RSA computer security conference in San Francisco, Director Mueller talked about cyber threats to U.S. national security, the FBI’s role in addressing these threats, and the increasing importance of public-private sector partnerships. Mueller said the threats include the use of the Internet by terrorists to “grow their business and to connect [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, Featured Stories, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffWest Topsham Man Arraigned for Possession of Child Pornography
March 1st, 2012 National Cyber Security The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on February 16, 2012, Foster E. Phelps, 38, of West Topsham, Vermont, pleaded not guilty in United States District Court to a single-count indictment charging him with possessing images of child pornography. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy ordered Phelps released to [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, Featured Stories, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffFugitive from England Indicted for Illegal Firearms, Document Fraud, Identity Theft
February 29th, 2012 National Cyber Security SPRINGFIELD, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that additional charges have been filed against a fugitive from England who was arrested in Ozark, Mo., and indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing firearms, document fraud, and identity theft. Edward John Maher, also known as Michael Maher, [...]
Posted in FBI Scam & Fraud Alerts, Featured Stories, PoliceOne, Prison Time Tags: Computer, cyber crime, cyber-security, employment, featured, gregory-evans, hacker, hi-tech crime, jobs, ligatt, news, stolen computer, technology Comments OffSmithboro Man Sentenced to 498 Months for Production and Possession of Child Pornography
February 28th, 2012 National Cyber Security Darrell L. Stewart, Jr., 42, of Smithboro, IL, received a forty year sentence following his plea of guilty to three counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Upon release from imprisonment, Stewart will [...]
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