A British man pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday to charges related to hacking into email and brokerage accounts and stealing more than $6 million from victims. Idris Dayo Mustapha faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of computer intrusion, securities fraud, wire fraud and access device fraud. […]
Vikas Singla, the former COO of a cybersecurity company, pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals in an attempt to boost his company’s business. Singla disrupted phone and printer services at the hospitals and stole personal information from patients.
Wisconsin teenager Joseph Garrison has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a scheme to access user accounts at a fantasy sports and betting website. According to court documents, on November 18, 2022, Garrison launched a credential stuffing attack against the betting site, obtaining access to approximately 60,000 user accounts. The defendant and others then stole […]
Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a Nigerian national, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC) schemes, resulting in millions of dollars in losses.
Russian hacker Dariy Pankov has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and now faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Pankov, who was extradited from the Eastern European country of Georgia earlier this year, was charged with developing and selling a piece of malware […]