A 26-year-old Venezuelan man was extradited to U.S. last week in order to stand trial for instrumenting a complex scheme that used hacked networks to freely route VoIP traffic. The alleged hacker fled the country back in August 2006, after being indicted in New Jersey.Edwin Pena used to be a resident of Miami and ope... |
20 October 2009
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Two Romanian nationals indicted in January 2007 on charges of conspiracy to commit access device and bank fraud, as well as aggravated identity theft were extradited to the US to stand trial. Both of them face maximum prison sentences of 37 years and $1.5 million fines, but have pleaded not guilty.Petru Bogdan Belbit... |
30 September 2009
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The New York County District Attorney's Office announced that five Eastern Europeans were indicted for dealing in stolen credit cards and other crimes that resulted in $4 million being lost to fraud. International authorities arrested three of them in 2008 and were recently extradited to US.Viatcheslav Vasilyev,... |
3 September 2009
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Both Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, have expressed their support for British Pentagon and NASA hacker Gary McKinnon. The singer condemns the efforts of the U.S. authorities to extradite the Londoner who faces 70 years in prison. Gary "SOLO" McKinnon is a British 42-year-old hacker diagnosed with Asperger’s... |
4 March 2009
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British hacker Gary McKinnon, who was to be extradited to the United States in order to face prosecution for hacking into NASA and several military systems, has agreed to plead guilty if trialled in the UK. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering the proposal, which might prevent his extradition. Gary &ldq... |
13 January 2009
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Supporters of Gary McKinnon, the English hacker who is to be extradited to the US for trial, have arranged for a protest to take place today at 4 P.M. at the Home Office in London. The governmental division responsible for the prevention of “terrorism, crime and anti-social behavior” is, apparently, the l... |
2 September 2008
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The appeal which aimed at avoiding the extradition of the Briton responsible for what is considered to be the biggest military hack in history was rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, according to The Register. Before even judging the case, the high court decided to step aside from the litigation and did n... |
28 August 2008
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Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who is accused of having disturbed American military computers at Pentagon and NASA managed to convince the European Court of Human Rights to delay his extradition to the U.S. The man, who is an unemployed network administrator, can stay in the U.K. until August 28, when the court is... |
12 August 2008
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The British man accused of hacking 97 military and NASA webpages, which is considered to be world's biggest military hack of all time, has lost the appeal in front of the House of Lords. After he was convicted for the violation of top-secret online properties, Gary McKinnon, a 42-year-old unemployed network admi... |
30 July 2008
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