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California Man Hacked iCloud Accounts to Steal Nude Photos

25

Aug

2021

A California man impersonated an Apple customer support technician in a socially engineered email campaign that stole people’s iCloud passwords to break into accounts and collected upwards of 620,000 private photos and videos. Hao Kuo Chi, 40, of La Puente, has agreed to plead guilty to four felonies, including conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to […]

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21-Year-Old Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending Phishing Emails to Political Candidates

30

Jul

2021

The woman, Diana Lebeau, of Cranston, R.I., admitted in court to sending phishing emails to roughly 22 members of the campaign staff of a political candidate, posing as the campaign’s managers or co-chairs. The emails, which were sent in January 2020, instructed recipients to either introduce their account credentials into an attached spreadsheet or to […]

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Hacker Who Sold UPMC Employee Information Pleads Guilty

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May

2021

Justin Johnson, 30, is being held at Butler County Prison and will be sentenced in four months, the Tribune-Review reported. Johnson pleaded guilty Thursday to two of the 43 counts against him, one count of conspiracy and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Melucci, investigators from the IRS, U.S. […]

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