Database theft generated $2m in illegal profits
by: 3 Jun 2016 at 12:29, Kat Hall
Two men have admitted to running a computer hacking and identity theft scheme which hijacked customer email accounts, stole personally identifiable information (PII) from millions of people, and generated more than $2m in illegal profits.
In a press release the US Department of Justice named Tomasz Chmielarz, 33, of Rutherford, New Jersey, and Devin James McArthur, 28, of Ellicott City, Maryland as pleading guilty to a series of fraud-related activities in connection with computers and email.
Chmielarz claims he was approached by Timothy Edward Livingston, 30, of Boca Raton, Florida, who allegedly operated a business that specialized in sending unsolicited, or “spam,” emails on behalf of its clients.
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Well, at least they were caught and had the balls to admit to what they have been doing...but that is just a drop in the ocean. :(
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The problem is though although they will probably be jailed the time served will not be enough to act as a deterrent, the potential profits are too huge to ignore for some people.
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Perhaps...perhaps not...it all depends whether they have a good or bad experience in jail...and now that they are known to the authorities I suspect that it will be harder for them to revert to nefarious ways...or at least I hope so.
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? Anthony - It just goes to show you that the devil is every where. ? yes I agree " only a drop in the ocean"
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? from what I have heard, there is no great experience in jail LOL :S
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