Two women sentenced for hacking ex-employers 

Two women sentenced for hacking ex-employers

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 3 March 2011 10:01 AM
Cloud and county computer crimes.
Former White House security advisor accuses countries of sponsoring cyber crime 

Former White House security advisor accuses countries of sponsoring cyber crime

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 15 October 2010 10:57 AM
Russia, Moldova and Belarus cited.
CIO allegedly hacked former employer 

CIO allegedly hacked former employer

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 14 September 2010 9:11 AM
Reboots CEO's desktop during meeting.
Former employees posing major threat to data 

Former employees posing major threat to data

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 10 November 2009 10:50 AM
Disgruntled ex-workers still hampering security efforts.
Former Boeing employee charged in data theft 

Former Boeing employee charged in data theft

In Hackers - By Jim Carr, 16 July 2007 10:42 AM
Seattle police have charged a former Boeing employee with 16 counts of computer trespass for the alleged theft of 320,000 files, as well as leaking them to a Seattle-area daily ...
Former police officers found guilty of hacking 

Former police officers found guilty of hacking

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 29 June 2007 10:04 AM
Two former police officers have been convicted of hacking into computers as part of a private investigation service they conducted for wealthy clients.
Former CA CEO to pay US$800mn in fraud restitution to investors 

Former CA CEO to pay US$800mn in fraud restitution to investors

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 17 April 2007 6:51 AM
Embattled former CA CEO Sanjay Kumar, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison after bogusly inflating the company's stock price to meet Wall Street's expectations, has agreed ...
US Judge sentenced to prison for child porn 

US Judge sentenced to prison for child porn

In Hackers - By Ericka Chickowski, 22 February 2007 10:32 PM
A former judge was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on Tuesday for possession of child pornography that was initially found by a Canadian hacker vigilante who tipped ...
Former McAfee employees sue over stock options 

Former McAfee employees sue over stock options

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 28 December 2006 9:52 PM
Seven former McAfee employees have sued the security giant after they were unable to cash in their stock options upon leaving the company.
Former UBS system administrator gets eight years for logic bomb 

Former UBS system administrator gets eight years for logic bomb

In Hackers - By Ericka Chickowski, 19 December 2006 9:03 AM
A former systems administrator for UBS PaineWebber was sentenced to over eight years in jail and fined US$3.1 million last week after he was found guilty for leaving a logic ...
Dozen years in the slammer for former CA chief exec 

Dozen years in the slammer for former CA chief exec

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 3 November 2006 7:17 PM
The former chief executive of anti-virus software vendor CA was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison this week for his role in an accounting scandal at the company.
British man, 19, pleads guilty to email attack on former employer 

British man, 19, pleads guilty to email attack on former employer

By Dan Kaplan, 24 August 2006 3:19 PM
A British man pleaded guilty Wednesday to launching a DoS attack on his former employer's email server.
Microsoft hires former McAfee anti-virus head 

Microsoft hires former McAfee anti-virus head

By Dan Kaplan, 18 August 2006 8:22 PM
In a clear sign that Microsoft is serious about its entrance into the information security space, the software giant this week confirmed the hiring of highly regarded former ...
Former software piracy kingpen Ferrer cops guilty plea, settles with Justice Department 

Former software piracy kingpen Ferrer cops guilty plea, settles with Justice Department

By Ericka Chickowski, 19 June 2006 5:38 PM
A former software piracy mogul pled guilty to copyright infringement on Friday as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Former spam king Pitylak now trying to earn firms' trust as anti-spam consultant 

Former spam king Pitylak now trying to earn firms' trust as anti-spam consultant

By Ericka Chickowski, 6 June 2006 11:02 PM
Just days after settling one suit with Microsoft and another by the Texas attorney general still pending against him, former spam king Ryan Pitylak is now offering his services ...
Report: Former Red Cross worker with access to 1M SSNs charged with ID theft 

Report: Former Red Cross worker with access to 1M SSNs charged with ID theft

By Frank Washkuch, 24 May 2006 8:40 PM
A former employee with the American Red Cross’ St. Louis chapter – who had access to the Social Security numbers of 1 million people – has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Former federal auditor cops to hacking charge 

Former federal auditor cops to hacking charge

By Frank Washkuch, 2 March 2006 7:14 PM
An IT security expert once employed by the federal government now faces a five-year jail term after pleading guilty to monitoring the email and PC use of his superior, the U.S. ...
Former Veritas CEO to quit Symantec 

Former Veritas CEO to quit Symantec

By Frank Washkuch, 24 January 2006 8:16 PM
Gary L. Bloom, president and vice chairman of Symantec, will leave the company in two months.
Adware company sues former distributors 

Adware company sues former distributors

By René Millman, 17 August 2005 3:01 PM
An adware company has filed suit against several individuals who, it claimed, exploited security holes to secretly install software on users' computers without their knowledge ...
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