Neowin News Feed for: Pleads

Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:55:40 +0000

Robert Matthew Bentley, 21, Panama City, Florida, has plead guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and computer fraud. Bentley was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pensacola, Florida in November 2007. The case... Read more...

Don't ban Facebook, pleads union

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:22:32 +0000

The Trades Union Congress has urged employers to allow staff to continue to access social networking sites (such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo) at work, arguing that a total ban is an overreaction. Approximately 50%... Read more...

Sony pleads innocent in latest rootkit fiasco

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:09:54 +0000

Sony says the rootkit-like behavior of a device driver used to run its biometric Micro Vault USM-F thumb drive was unintentional. McAfee has joined F-Secure in criticising Sony for allowing such a mistake to happen.... Read more...

Rockstar pleads for help

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:03:40 +0000

Controversial publisher Rockstar is asking for the industry's support in its battle to revoke the BBFC's 'no rating because it's revolting' decision on Manhunt 2. In an interview with Develop, Rockstar Leeds chief Gordon Hall,... Read more...

Contractor Pleads Guilty To Stealing Classified Data

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:21:16 +0000

Jessica Lynn Quintana, a former employee with a contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, N.M. to stealing classified information from the lab and is now facing... Read more...

'Rent-a-Zombie' Ringleader Pleads Guilty

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:41:46 +0000

A man who leased networks of infected computers to criminals to carry out denial of service and spam attacks has pleaded guilty and could receive six years in jail. Twenty-year old Jeanson... Read more...

MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:01:47 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson today pleaded guilt to creating the "MSBlast" variant "MSBlast.B", which caused so may problems for computer users. For those who don't remember the original Blaster worm exploited the DCOM RPC vulnerability... Read more...

Johansen pleads not guilty in DVD appeals case

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:40:54 +0000

A Norwegian who defeated Hollywood on piracy charges pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a landmark appeal hearing that the movie industry is anxious to win to protect its lucrative DVD business. ... Read more...

MSBlast suspect pleads not guilty

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:06:05 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen suspected of creating a variant of the destructive MSBlast worm, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court in Seattle to one count of causing damage to a computer. ... Read more...

Web site spoofer pleads guilty, faces jail time

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:44:22 +0000

A Chicago man pleaded guilty on Sept. 12 to wire fraud in connection with a scheme that used a phony Web site to steal credit card and account information from customers of Microsoft Corp.'s Microsoft... Read more...

Man pleads no contest to online fraud charges

Mon, 12 May 2003 10:02:21 +0000

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A man who sold high-end computers, laptops and other equipment on eBay Inc.'s online auction site pleaded no contest to allegations of fraud totaling $453,000. Chris Chong Kim,... Read more...

Welsh Web designer pleads guilty to virus creation

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:48:06 +0000

A 21-old Welsh Web designer has pleaded guilty to creating and distributing three mass mailer viruses, in a hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court this morning. Simon Vallor, of Llandudno, North Wales, admitted offences under... Read more...

Trainee(!) dishwasher pleads guilty to $80m identity fraud

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:19:29 +0000

A 32 year-old former trainee dishwasher (how can you be a trainee dishwasher?) has pleaded guilty to masterminding what investigators believe is the largest identity theft scam ever attempted. Abraham Abdallah, a... Read more...

WorldCom Controller Pleads Guilty

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:54:07 +0000

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 -- WorldCom Inc.'s former controller pleaded guilty today to charges that he manipulated accounting to inflate profits and then tried to cover it up, moving federal prosecutors a step closer in... Read more...

Hacker pleads guilty

Sat, 12 Jan 2002 04:58:28 +0000

A Hacker known as "Konceptor" pleaded guilty to a single charge of breaking into the computer system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which conducts US nuclear weapons research. Benjamin Troy Breuninger,... Read more...