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Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud; Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer; Unauthorized Access of a Protected Computer to Obtain Information for Private Financial Gain; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud

The indictment comes after the FBI raided his home in May 2023.

Florida-based digital journalist was charged with 14 counts related to accessing a protected computer without authorisation

A lawyer for Tampa media consultant Tim Burke says his client doesn’t know the identity of the person that federal officials say he conspired with to access video from Fox News and other companies. Federal prosecutors have charged Burke, 45, with 14 federal crimes including conspiracy and accessing a protected computer without authorization after they say he used “compromised credentials” to ...

Tampa media consultant Tim Burke was charged Thursday with 14 federal crimes related to alleged computer hacks at Fox News. Federal law enforcement officials arrested Burke, 45, on Thursday morning. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Tampa this afternoon. The indictment charges Burke with one count of conspiracy; six counts of accessing a protected computer without authorization; ...

(BCN) — A former bank employee from San Francisco was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Monday for intentionally damaging his former employer’s cloud system and stealing valuable computer code, federal prosecutors said. Miklos Daniel Brody, 38, pleaded guilty in April 2023 to two charges that he violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act […]

A Los Angeles man was sentenced to eight years in prison and was ordered to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution after he admitted to a yearslong string of digital crimes. Amir Hossein Golshan, 25, of downtown Los Angeles pleaded guilty in July to one count each of unauthorized access to a protected computer […]

A Rutland man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Worcester to conspiring to access a protected computer of his former employer.

Two men are accused of conspiring to access a protected computer of their former employer, a mental health treatment provider that operates recovery centers across Massachusetts, which shut down access to the electronic medical records system used for treatment of patients.

A Dublin man is facing federal felony charges of improperly accessing a former work computer system and changing its data. The 47-year-old pleaded not guilty in an Oakland federal courtroom last Friday, according to court records.