Hacker sentenced to 3 years; ordered to pay $2,662,438.80 in restitution
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 04/17/2015 11:50 AM [ Comments ]
A Staten Island computer hacker, Mario Patrick Chuisano, got three years in federal prison Thursday for his role in a series of attacks on DirecTV, Farmers Insurance and the Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
According to court documents, Chuisano plead guilty to conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer as well as possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun. He was also ordered to pay $2,662,438.80 in restitution to the three victims.
A search of his residence turned up an unregistered handgun and brass knuckles at his residence along with equipment capable of making counterfeit credit and debit cards.
In the attack on Farmers Insurance, Chuisano used a Remote Access Trojan (R.A.T.) in order to steal reports, e-mails and passwords.
Prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo: "The theft and release of passwords is particularly disturbing because many people use the same passwords for activities of daily Internet life, such as banking and device access."
Three thousand people had their identification and health information stolen when he hacked the Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
What might have tripped him up was the fact that between 2012 and 2013 Chuisano posted the stolen info on his social media account.
Source: NYDaily News
A search of his residence turned up an unregistered handgun and brass knuckles at his residence along with equipment capable of making counterfeit credit and debit cards.
In the attack on Farmers Insurance, Chuisano used a Remote Access Trojan (R.A.T.) in order to steal reports, e-mails and passwords.
Prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo: "The theft and release of passwords is particularly disturbing because many people use the same passwords for activities of daily Internet life, such as banking and device access."
Three thousand people had their identification and health information stolen when he hacked the Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
What might have tripped him up was the fact that between 2012 and 2013 Chuisano posted the stolen info on his social media account.
Source: NYDaily News
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