Computer Crime and
Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) 

Confidentiality - A breach of confidentiality occurs when a person knowingly accesses a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access. Confidentiality is compromised when a hacker views or copies proprietary or private information, such as a credit card number or trade secret.

Integrity - A breach of integrity occurs when a system or data has been accidently or maliciously modified, altered or destroyed without authorization. For example, viruses and worms alter source code in order to allow a hacker to gain unauthorized access to a computer.

Availability - A breach of availability occurs when an authorized user is prevented from timely, reliable access to data or a system. A popular example of this is a denial of service attack.

Est. Dollar Loss - The estimated amount of damage that occurs as a result of the computer crime. The estimates in this table are rounded down from figures provided by law enforcement agents on the case.

Target - This category indicates whether the computer crime targeted a private individual or corporation or a public governmental agency. It also indicates whether there was a threat to public health or safety:

Threat to public health or safety occurs when a hacker targets or compromises data or a system within the national critical infrastructure (e.g., power grids, air traffic control, classified government data).

Perpetrator Charged - Indicates whether the defendant is a juvenile or part of an organized group.

Geography -

International - Indicates that the computer crime originated from a foreign country or was conducted on an international scale.

Punishment -

Sentence in months - refers to prison sentence or probation.

Fine, Forfeiture, Restitution - the combined amount that the defendant must pay in fine, forfeiture or restitution.

• Ex-Official of Manhattan Computer Consulting Firm Pleads Guilty to Computer Attack Charge (September 9, 2004)
  
  
• California Man Admits Hacking Into Computers of High-Technology Company (August 31, 2004)
  
  
• Former Employee of a Massachusetts High-Technology Firm Charged with Computer Hacking (August 23, 2004)
  
  
• Six Internet Fraudsters Indicted in International Conspiracy to Steal More Than $10 Million From World's Largest Technology Distributor (August 4, 2004)
  
  
• Vallejo, California Woman Admits to Embezzling More Than $875,035 (July 28, 2004)



• Florida Man Charged with Breaking into Acxiom Computer Records (July 21, 2004)
  
  
• China Citizen Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Access of a Software Company with Intent to Defraud (July 7, 2004)
  
  
• Seattle, Washington Man Arrested for Hacking into Internet Search Engine Alta Vista (July 2, 2004)
  
  
• Federal Judge Sentences Staten Island, New York Ex-Official of Local Internet Service Provider to Prison for Computer Attack (June 16, 2004)
  
  
• Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Prison for Accessing Massachusetts Investor’s On-line Investment Account and Making $46,000 in Unauthorized Trades (May 5, 2004)
  
  
• Former Employee of Viewsonic Sentenced to One Year for Hacking into Company's Computer, Destroying Data (February 23, 2004)
  
  
• Two California Men Indicted for Unlawfully Obtaining Credit Information, Attempted Credit Fraud (February 10, 2004)
  
  
• Former Employees of Dallas-based Car Parts Distributorship Charged with Repeatedly Intruding into Competitor’s Computer Database for Commercial Advantage and Illegally Trafficking in Computer Passwords. (February 9, 2004)
  
  
• Louisiana Man Arrested for Releasing 911 Worm to WebTV Users (February 19, 2004)
  
  
• Man Pleads Guilty to Gaining Unauthorized Access and Recklessly Damaging Computers of Several High-Technology Companies Including eBay and Qualcomm From His Graduate School Dorm Room (January 29, 2004)
  
  
• Hacker Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Illegally Accessing New York Times Computer Network (January 8, 2004)
  
  

Year 2003

• Milford, Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking (December 18, 2003)
  
  
• Former Hellmann Logistics Computer Programmer Sentenced for Unauthorized Computer Intrusion (December 5, 2003)
  
  
• Former Employee of American Eagle Outfitters Sentenced to Prison for Password Trafficking and Computer Damage (December 2, 2003)
  
  
• Three Men Indicted for Hacking into Lowe's Companies' Computers with Intent to Steal Credit Card Information (November 20, 2003)
  
  
• Two Alleged Computer Hackers Charged in Los Angeles as Part of Nationwide 'Operation Cyber Sweep' (November 20, 2003)
  
  
• Two Alleged Computer Hackers Charged in Los Angeles as Part of Nationwide 'Operation Cyber Sweep' (November 20, 2003)

• Dallas, Texas FBI Employee Indicted for Public Corruption (November 5, 2003)
  
  
• Disgruntled Philadelphia Phillies Fan Charged with Hacking into Computers Triggering Spam E-mail Attacks (October 7, 2003)
  
  
• Former Employee of Viewsonic Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Company's Computer, Destroying Data (October 6, 2003)
  
  
• President of San Diego Computer Security Company Indicted in Conspiracy to Gain Unauthorized Access into Government Computers (September 29, 2003)
  
  
• Juvenile Arrested for Releasing Variant of Blaster Computer Worm That Attacked Microsoft (September 26, 2003)
  
  
• U.S. Charges Hacker with Illegally Accessing New York Times Computer Network (September 9, 2003)
  
  
• Minneapolis, Minnesota 18 year old Arrested for Developing and Releasing B Variant of Blaster Computer Worm (August 29, 2003)
  
  
• Former Computer Technician in Douglasville, Georgia Arrested for Hacking into Government Computer Systems in Southern California (August 25, 2003)
  
  
• Russian Man Sentenced for Hacking into Computers in the United States (July 25, 2003)
  
  
• FBI Employee Arrested and Charged in Three Federal Indictments (July 17, 2003)
  
  
• Queens, New York Man Pleads to Federal Charges of Computer Damage, Access Device Fraud and Software Piracy (July 11, 2003)
  
  
• Kazakhstan Hacker Sentenced to Four Years Prison for Breaking into Bloomberg Systems and Attempting Extortion (July 1, 2003)
  
  
• Southern California Man Who Hijacked Al Jazeera Website Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges (June 12, 2003)
  
  
• Computer Hacker Sentenced to One Year and One Day And Ordered to Pay More than $88,000 Restitution For Series of Computer Intrusions and Credit Card Fraud (June 12, 2003)
  
  
• Three Californians Indicted in Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Identity Theft (May 12, 2003)
  
  
• Ex-employee of Airport Transportation Company Guilty of Hacking into Company's Computer (April 18, 2003)
  
  
• San Jose, California Man Indicted for Theft of Trade Secrets and Computer Fraud (April 2, 2003)
  
  
• Student Charged with Unauthorized Access to University of Texas Computer System (March 14, 2003)
  
  
• St. Joseph Man Pleads Guilty in District's First Computer Hacking Conviction (March 13, 2003)
  
  
• Computer Hacker Pleads Guilty to Computer Intrusion and Credit Card Fraud (March 13,2003)
  
  
• California Woman Convicted for Unauthorized Computer Access to Customer Account Information in Credit Union Fraud Prosecution (March 10, 2003)
  
  
• Los Angeles, California Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in International Computer Hacking and Internet Fraud Scheme (February 28, 2003)
  
  
• Former Employee of American Eagle Outfitters Indicted on Charges of Password Trafficking and Computer Damage (February 26, 2003)
  
  
• U.S. Convicts Kazakhstan Hacker of Breaking into Bloomberg L.P.'s Computers and Attempting Extortion (February 26, 2003)
  
  
• Ex-employee of Airport Transportation Company Arrested for Allegedly Hacking Into Computer, Destroying Data (February 20, 2003)
  
  
• Ohio Man Attacked NASA Computer System Shutting Down Email Server (February 13, 2003)
  
  
• Former Employee of Viewsonic Arrested on Charges of Hacking into Company's Computer, Destroying Data (February 6, 2003)
  
  
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Man Convicted of Hacking a Judge's Personal E-Mail Account (January 23, 2003)
  
  

Year 2002

• St. Joseph, Missouri Man Charged in Western District's First Computer Hacking Indictment (December 20, 2002)
  
  
• U.S. Arrests Queens, New York, Man on Computer Fraud Charges (December 20, 2002)
  
  
• Disgruntled UBS PaineWebber Employee Charged with Allegedly Unleashing "Logic Bomb" on Company Computers (December 17, 2002)
  
  

• Hacker Pleaded Guilty to Attacks on San Diego Auto Site (November 15, 2002)

• British National Charged with Hacking Into N.J. Naval Weapons Station Computers, Disabling Network After Sept. 11; Indictment Also Filed in Virginia for Other Military Intrusions (November 12, 2002)

• London, England Hacker Indicted under Computer Fraud and Abuse for Accessing Military Computers (November 12, 2002)

• Russian Computer Hacker Sentenced to Three Years in Prison (October 4, 2002)

• San Gabriel Valley, California Man Pleads to Illegally Accessing Former Employer's Computers (September 9, 2002)

• San Fernando Valley Residents Indicted in Scheme to Hack Into Software Firm Computer and Delete $2.6 Million Project (August 2, 2002)

• Two Kazakhstan Citizens Accused of Breaking Into Bloomberg L.P.'s Computer and Extortion are Extradited (May 21, 2002)

• Twenty Seven Month Sentence in Internet Fraud Scheme to Defraud Priceline.Com and Others; Unauthorized Computer Access Conspiracy May 17, 2002)

• Former Chief Technology Intrusions; Transmitting Threats Via the Internet (May 16, 2002)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin Man Charged with Computer Intrusion, Software Piracy and Numerous Destructive Acts (May 7, 2002)

• Creator of Melissa Computer Virus Sentenced to 20 Months in Federal Prison (May 1, 2002)

• U.S. Charges Engineer with Computer Intrusion, Destruction of Database at Manhattan Apparel Company (April 26, 2002)

• Man Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Access of Las Vegas Medical Imaging Computer System (April 17, 2002)

• Computer Operator Sentenced for Breaking Into Ex-Employer’s Database (March 27, 2002)

• Parma, Ohio Man Indicted for Unauthorized Access into Computer System of Alltel Communications, Inc.; Threatening E-Mails (March 26, 2002)

• Former Computer Network Administrator at New Jersey High-Tech Firm Sentenced for Unleashing $10 Million Computer “Time Bomb” (February 26, 2002)

• Former Chase Financial Corp. Employees Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Chase Manhattan Bank and Chase Financial Corporation (February 19, 2002)
  
  

• Orange County Computer Hacker Sentenced to Prison for Breaking into University Computers, NASA Systems (February 4, 2002)

• Manhattan Paralegal Sentenced for Theft of Litigation Trial Plan (January 30, 2002)

• San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Access of Catholic Healthcare West Computer Causing Damage (January 18, 2002)

Year 2001

• Bowdoinham, Maine Hacker Into United States Courts’ Information System Pleads Guilty (December 18, 2001)

• Connecticut Hacker Indicted for Attacks on San Diego Auto Site (December 18, 2001)
  
  

• Man Sentenced for Unauthorized Access into Computer Systems of Connecticut Consulting Firm (December 14, 2001)

• Former Financial Institution Employee Sentenced for Unauthorized Computer Access to Customer Account Information (November 30, 2001)

• Chardon, Ohio Woman Sentenced for Computer Fraud via Unauthorized Access of Employer's Computer System (November 26, 2001)
  
  

• Former Cisco Systems, Inc. Accountants Sentenced for Unauthorized Access to Computer Systems to Illegally Issue Almost $8 Million in Cisco Stock to Themselves (November 26, 2001)

• Man Indicted for Hacking Computers Belonging to Public Affairs Group (October 22, 2001)

• Russian Computer Hacker Convicted by Jury in Seattle, Washington (October 10, 2001)

• Former Chase Financial Corp. Employee Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Access to Chase Manhattan Bank to Defraud Chase Financial Corp. and Chase Manhattan Bank (October 9, 2001)
  
  

• Brian K. West, Employee of Oklahoma ISP, Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Access Charge Under 18 U.S.C. S 1030(a)(2)(c) (September 24, 2001)

• Chardon, Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to Computer Fraud via Unauthorized Access of Employer’s Computer System (September 14, 2001)

• Broward County, Florida Man Convicted of Sending Computer Virus to Destroy Purity Wholesale Grocers Inc’s Computer Systems (September 6, 2001)
  
  

• Hacker Sentenced in New York City for Hacking into Two NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Computers Located in Pasadena, California (September 5, 2001)

• Former Cisco Accountants Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud via Unauthorized Access to Cisco Stock (August 20, 2001)

• Russian National Indicted in Sacramento, California, on Computer Intrusion Charges (August 16, 2001)

• Former Chase Financial Corp. Employees in Cleveland, Ohio, Indicted for Unlawful Access to Chase Manhattan Bank and Chase Financial Corp. Computer Systems (August 7, 2001)
  
  
• Orange County, California Computer Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking University Computers, Defrauding Western Union (August 1, 2001)
  
  
• Lusby, Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Sabotaging IRS Computers (July 24, 2001)
  
  
• Chardon, Ohio Woman Charged for Unlawful Access to Computer Server (July 6, 2001)
  
  
• Russian Computer Hacker Indicted in California for Breaking into Computer Systems and Extorting Victim Companies (June 20, 2001)
  
  
• Hampton, New Hampshire Man Convicted and Sentenced for Hacking into Former Employer's Computer Server (June 18, 2001)
  
  
• New York City Computer Security Expert Sentenced to 27 Months' Imprisonment for Computer Hacking and Electronic Eavesdropping (June 13, 2001)
  
  
• Russian National Arrested and Indicted in Connecticut for Penetrating U.S. Corporate Computer Networks, Stealing Credit Card Numbers, and Extorting the Companies by Threatening to Damage Their Computers (May 7, 2001)
  
  
• Orange County Computer Hacker Arrested In Scheme to Use Stolen Credit Cards to Make Wire Money Transfers via Western Union (April 18, 2001)
  
  
• Former Lance, Inc. Employee, from North Carolina Sentenced to 24 Months and Ordered to Pay $194,609 Restitution in Computer Fraud Case (April 13, 2001)
  
  
• Two Men from California Indicted on Conspiracy to Commit Computer and Wire Fraud via Unauthorized Access to Cisco Stock (April 4, 2001)
  
  
• Former Cisco Employee Pleads Guilty to Exceeding Authorized Access to Obtain Information from Cisco’s Computer Systems (March 21, 2001)
  
  
• Ex-GTE Employee Pleads Guilty to Intentionally Damaging Protected GTE Computers (March 20, 2001)
  
  
• New York City Computer Security Expert Convicted by Jury of Computer Hacking and Electronic Eavesdropping (March 7, 2001)
  
  
• Former Federal Court Systems Administrator Sentenced for Hacking Into Government Computer System (January 22, 2001)
  

Year 2000

• Hacker Pleads Guilty in New York City to Hacking into Two NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Computers Located in Pasadena, California (December 1, 2000)
  
  
• Orange County Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Government Computers (November 7, 2000)
  
  
• Texas Man is indicted for Unlawfully Accessing Computers of U.S. Postal Service, State of Texas, and Canadian Department of Defense (October 12, 2000)
  
  
• Man Suspected of Hacking into NASA Computers Taken into Federal Custody (September 21, 2000)
  
  
• Juvenile Computer Hacker Sentenced to Six Months in Detention Facility (September 21, 2000)
  
  
• "Global Hell" Hacker Sentenced to 26 Months Imprisonment (September 6, 2000)
  
  
• Three Kazak Men Arrested in London for Hacking into Bloomberg L.P.'s Computer System (August 14, 2000)
  
  
• "Darkside Hacker" Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison (July 24, 2000)
  
  
• Hacker Group Leader Arrested for Breaking into NASA Computers (July 12, 2000)
  
  
• Former Computer Network Administrator Guilty of Unleashing $10 Million Programming "Timebomb" (May 9, 2000)
  
  
• Alaska Man Indicted for Alleged Attack on United States Court Computer Systems (April 19, 2000)
  
  
• Second "Global Hell" Hacker Pleads Guilty; Patrick Gregory Faces up to Five Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Telecommunications Fraud and Computer Hacking (April 12, 2000)
  
  
• Chad Davis, "Global Hell" Hacker, Sentenced to Six Months in Prison, Three Years Probation, for Air Force Network Hacks (March 1, 2000)
  
  
• Boston Computer Hacker Charged with Illegal Access and Use of United Stated Government and Private Systems (February 23, 2000)
  

Year 1999

• "Darkside Hacker" Pleads Guilty in Federal Court After Stealing National Internet Company Passwords (December 20, 1999)
  
  
• Creator of 'Melissa' Computer Virus Pleads Guilty in New Jersey to State and Federal Charges (December 9, 1999)
  
  
• Internet Service Provider Charged with Intercepting Customer Communications and Possessing Unauthorized Password Files (November 22, 1999)
  
  
• "Web Bandit" Sentenced to 15 Months Imprisonment, 3 Years of Supervised Release, for Hacking USIA, NATO, Web Sites (November 19, 1999)
  
  
• "Phone Masters" Ringleaders Sentenced to Prison; 41-Month and Two-Year Terms to be Served by Telecommunications Hackers (September 16, 1999)
  
  
• Kevin Mitnick Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison; Computer Hacker Ordered to Pay Restitution to Victim Companies Whose Systems Were Compromised (August 9, 1999)
  

Year 1998

• Eugene E. Kashpureff Pleaded Guilty to Unleashing Software on the Internet That Interrupted Service for Tens of Thousands of Internet Users Worldwide (March 19, 1998)
  
  
• Israeli Citizen Arrested in Israel for Hacking United States and Israeli Government Computers (March 18, 1998)
  
  
• Juvenile Computer Hacker Cuts off FAA Tower At Regional Airport -- First Federal Charges Brought Against a Juvenile for Computer Crime (March 18, 1998)
  
  
• Former Chief Computer Network Program Designer Arraigned for Alleged $10 Million Computer "Bomb" (February 17, 1998)