The hacking grouping behind a serial of embarrassing hacks that targeted personal e-mail accounts of senior officials at the FBI, the CIA, as well as the White House, alongside other USA federal agencies inwards 2015.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fellow member of Crackas With Attitude, who was arrested final twelvemonth inwards September, has right away been sentenced to 5 years inwards federal prison.
Justin Liverman, a 25-year-old human being from Morehead City, who was known nether the online alias "D3F4ULT," was arrested final year along with roughly other fellow member of the group—Andrew Otto Boggs, 23, of North Wilkesboro, who allegedly used the receive got "INCURSIO."
The twain hacked into multiple regime organizations betwixt Oct 2015 as well as Feb 2016. Boggs was sentenced to 2 years inwards prison theatre on June 30, 2017, for his role.
Liverman pleaded guilty on Jan half dozen this twelvemonth to conspiracy to hack U.S. regime computers as well as accounts as well as was sentenced to 5 years inwards prison theatre on Friday. He volition likewise hold upward forced to pay $145,000 inwards restitution.
According to the plea agreement, "beginning inwards Nov 2015, Liverman conspired to endeavour to intimidate as well as harass U.S. officials as well as their families yesteryear gaining unauthorized access to victims’ online accounts, alongside other things."
"Liverman publicly posted online documents as well as personal information unlawfully obtained from a victim's personal account; sent threatening text messages to the same victim's cellphone; as well as paid an unlawful 'phonebombing' service to telephone band the victim repeatedly with a threatening message," U.S. prosecutors inwards the Eastern District Court of Virginia said.
Crackas With Attitude targeted to a greater extent than than x U.S. regime officials including the next as well as caused to a greater extent than than $1.5 1 grand 1000 inwards losses to victims:
- Hacked into the AOL e-mail of onetime CIA manager John Brennan as well as released personal details.
- Hacked into the personal emails as well as telephone accounts of the onetime US spy primary James Clapper.
- Broke into the AOL e-mail of the Ex FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano.
The hacking grouping likewise leaked the personal details of 31,000 regime agents belonging to nigh 20,000 FBI agents, 9,000 Department of Homeland Security officers, as well as roughly release of DoJ staffers.
According to the federal officials, the hacking grouping used social technology scientific discipline to fox victims into revealing their work organisation human relationship numbers, passwords, as well as other sensitive details, using which they gained access to their accounts.
However, a 17-year-old British teenager, who is known equally CRACKA as well as the leader of the "Crackas With Attitude" hacking group, is genuinely responsible for carrying out the higher upward attacks. His prosecution is yet ongoing inwards the United Kingdom.
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