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Man charged with NASA hack, on 10th anniversary of Gary McKinnon’s arrest

Feb

2012

In December 2010, computers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles were allegedly hacked. With researchers unable to use the computers for two months, NASA estimated the damage caused to be in the region of $580,000. Not to be sniffed at. It was with some surprise then, to hear last month that 26-year-old Robert […]

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Romanian NASA hacker gets suspended three-year sentence

Jan

2012

A 26-year-old Romanian man who admitted to hacking into NASA servers has received a three-year suspended prison sentence, while his legal team is challenging NASA’s damage claims of $580,000, according to a media reports. The convicted hacker, Robert Butyka, was arrested by prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) on […]

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Serial virus writer jailed for orange cartoon octopus malware

Jul

2011

According to media reports, a 28-year-old Japanese man has been sent to prison for two years and six months, after spreading a virus across the internet which damaged data on victims’ computers. In a first for the country, Japan has applied property destruction charges to the creator of a computer virus. 28-year-old Masato Nakatsuji wrote […]

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Man charged with NASA hack, on 10th anniversary of Gary McKinnon’s arrest

Romanian NASA hacker gets suspended three-year sentence

Serial virus writer jailed for orange cartoon octopus malware

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