Computer Crime and
Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)

Computer Intrusion Cases

Below is a summary chart of recently prosecuted computer cases. Many cases have been prosecuted under the computer crime statute, 18 U.S.C. §1030. This listing is a representative sample; it is not exhaustive. Click on the name of the case to read a press release about the case.

Computer Crimes Case Chart	Interest Harmed	Est. Dollar Loss	Target	Perpetrator Charged		Geo- graphy	Punishment		Other
Colloquial Case Name (District) Press Release Date	Confid. (C) Integrity (I) Avail. (A)		Private, Public or Threat to Public Health or Safety	Juvenile	Group	Int'l?	Sentence in Months	Fine Forfeiture Restitution
U.S. v. Farraj (S.D. NY) January 30, 2002	CI		Private				18		Paralegal's scheme to sell trial plan
U.S. v. Logan (N.D. Cal) January 18, 2002	CIA	25K	Private				TBD	TBD
U.S. v. Mamich (D. D.C.) December 18, 2001	CI	45K	Private
U.S. v. Suplita, III (S.D. Cal.) December 18, 2001	CIA		Public
U.S. v. Lukawinsky (D. Conn.) December 14, 2001	CI	198K	Private				12	198.4K
U.S. v. Scheller (E.D. Cal) November 30, 2001	CI		Private				36	0
U.S. v. Brown (N.D. Ohio) November 26, 2001	CIA		Private				36	15.3K
U.S. v. Osowski (N.D. Cal) November 26, 2001	C	6.3M	Private				34	7.8M	Cisco accountant stole stock from company
U.S. v. Khan (D. Md.) October 22, 2001	CIA		Private				34	7M
U.S. v. Gorshkov (W.D. Wash) October 10, 2001	CIA		Private				TBD	TBD	Russian hacker (see Ivanov I, II, III, IV)
U.S. v. Turner (N.D. Ohio) October 9, 2001	CIA	580K	Public				TBD	TBD	employees' (unauthorized) access credit card accounts
U.S. v. Pierre-Louis (S.D. Fla.) September 6, 2001	CIA	75K	Private				TBD	TBD	disgruntled Purity employee
U.S. v. Torricelli (S.D. NY) September 5, 2001	CI		Private, Public				8	4K	"#conflict" hacking group member
U.S. v. Ivanov III (E.D. Cal) August 16, 2001	CIA		Private				TBD	TBD	Russian hacker, also charged in Conn. and C.D. Cal
U.S. v. Turner (N.D. Ohio) August 7, 2001	CIA		Public				TBD	TBD	employees' (unauthorized) access credit card accounts
U.S. v. Diekman II (C.D. Cal) August 1, 2001			Private				TBD	TBD	second offense, see Diekman I
U.S. v. Carpenter (D. Md) July 24, 2001	CIA		Private				TBD	TBD	IRS computer sabotage
U.S. v. Ivanov II (C.D. Cal) June 20, 2001	CIA		Private				TBD	TBD	Russian hacker, also charged in Conn. and E.D. Cal
U.S. v. McKenna (D. NH) June 18, 2001	CIA	13K	Private				6	13K	disgruntled former employee
U.S. v. Oquendo (S.D. NY) June 13, 2001	CIA	60K	Private				27	96K	first fed. comp. hacking case in S.D. NY
U.S. v. Ivanov (D. Conn.) May 7, 2001	CIA		Private				TBD	TBD	Russian hacker, also C.D. Cal and E.D. Cal
U.S. v. Sullivan (W.D. NC) April 13, 2001	IA	100K	Private				24	194K	disgruntled former employee
U.S. v. Ivanov IV (W.D. Wash) April 5, 2001 (indictment)	CIA		Private				TBD	TBD	Russian hacker, also C.D. Cal and E.D. Cal, and D. Conn
U.S. v. Morch (N.D. Cal) March 21, 2001	C	5K	Private				36 prob.	0	employee theft of proprietary company info.
U.S. v. Ventimiglia (M.D. FL) March 20, 2001	IA	209K	Private				60 prob.	233K	disgruntled GTE employee
U.S. v. Dennis (D. Alaska) January 22, 2001	A		Public				6	5K	denial of service attacks against E.D. NY court
U.S. v. Sanford (N.D. TX) December 6, 2000	CIA	45K	Private, Public				60 prob.	45K	"HV2K" hacking group member
U.S. v. Diekman I (C.D. Cal) November 7, 2000	CI	23K	Public				TBD	TBD	hacked into NASA computers; see Diekman II
U.S. v. "cOmrade" (S.D. FL) September 21, 2000	CA	41K	Public				6	0	first juvenile hacker to receive prison sentence
U.S. v. Gregory (N.D. TX) September 6, 2000	C	1.5M	Private				26	154K	"Global Hell" hacking group member
U.S. v. Zezov et al. (S.D. NY) August 14, 2000	C		Private				TBD	TBD	hacker from Kazakhstan
U.S. v. Lloyd (D. NJ) May 9, 2000	IA	10M	Private				TBD	TBD	disgruntled former employee
U.S. v. Davis (E.D. WI) March 1, 2000	CA		Public				6	8K	"Global Hell" hacking group member
U.S. v. Iffih (D. Mass.) February 23, 2000	CA		Public				TBD	TBD	hacked into federal gov’t computers
U.S. v. Miffleton (N.D. TX) December 20, 1999	CI	90K	Private				21	3K	member of "The Darkside Hackers"
U.S. v. Smith (D. NJ) December 9, 1999	IA	80M	Private, Public				TBD	TBD	"Melissa" virus creator
U.S. v. Alibris (D. Mass.) November 22, 1999	C		Private				--	250K	corporation
U.S. v. Burns (E.D. VA) November 19, 1999	CIA	40K	Private, Public				15	36K	designed "Web Bandit" program
U.S. v. Lindsly (N.D. TX) September 16, 1999	C		Private, Public				41	10K	"Phone Masters" hacking group ringleader
U.S. v. Mitnick (C.D. Cal) August 9, 1999	CI	1M	Private				68	4K	notorious hacker
U.S. v. Kashpureff (E.D. NY) March 19, 1998	A		Private				TBD	TBD
U.S. v. Tenebaum (Israel) March 18, 1998	C		Private, Public				12 prob.	17K	Israeli hacked U.S. military computers
U.S. v. An Unnamed Juvenile (D. Mass.) March 18, 1998	CA		Threat to Public Health or Safety				TBD	TBD	FAA control tower disabled

Glossary
For the purposes of the computer crime case chart, the following words or phrases are defined.

Interest Harmed - This category refers to the type of interest that was compromised by the computer crime:

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.

Other - This column provides interesting or helpful information about the case, such as a defendant’s affiliation with an organized hacking group or the nationality of a foreign defendant.

Below is a list of press releases from recently prosecuted computer crime cases, including the cases summarized in the chart above.

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Updated page February 02, 2002
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Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)

Computer Intrusion Cases

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