Mitt Romney Tax Record Hacker Sentenced to Prison for Bitcoin Ransom
Accepting Bitcoin for illicit transactions is never a good idea, and the alleged hacker of tax records belonging to Mitt Romney has found that out the hard way. Michael Mancil Brown was found guilty of fraud and extortion. Mitt Romney Tax Record Extortion Is Bad Karma. Back in 2012, the world was shocked to find out somebody had hacked then-US....
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A Tennessee man was recently found guilty on charges of extortion and wire fraud scheme in the attempted extortion of former Republican Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. The extortion scheme from 2012 saw the accused demand $1 million in bitcoin in exchange for purportedly stolen tax returns belonging to Romney. A faux-hacker who tried to snag a million-dollar ransom in bitcoin in exchange for 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s tax records has been found guilty. In an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Mancil Brown, 37, was convicted of six counts of....
A man from Tennessee has been indicted for attempting to extort $1 million in bitcoin by claiming that he had undeclared tax records of the former presidential candidate, Mitt Romney. Michael Mancil Brown (34) contacted the accounting firm used by Romney, PricewaterhouseCoopers, claiming that he had stolen computer documents containing up to twenty years' worth of tax returns that Romney had refused to put into the public domain for the sake of his election campaign. Mr. Romney's tax returns had been a source of controversy throughout the campaign. Candidates are not required to divulge....
An anonymous poster published a message[1]claiming to be in possession of all of Mitt and Ann Romney's tax records for several of the most recent tax years, demanding $1 million in ransom, to be delivered in bitcoins. The letter stated that an encrypted form of the documents had been sent to all major media outlets. The Secret Service confirmed[2]that a letter as well as a flash drive containing encrypted files had been received at and subsequently confiscated from both Republican and Democratic party offices. The perpetrator threatened that if a specified bitcoin address does not have a....
A Darkode hacker has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for illegal cybercriminal activities. The hacker, who controlled 5,000 computers as a botnet, also conspired with another individual to steal over $80,000 in bitcoin. Rory Stephen Guidry, 29, of Louisiana was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for hacking and then attempting to sell a botnet; conspiring and stealing over $80,000 in bitcoin; hacking a computer to steal over 5,000 active credit card accounts. Guidy controlled and attempted to sell a botnet of over 5,000 computers to a fellow user of the infamous....
It has to be said, hacking a US company to create a hit list of military and government personnel is a serious crime. This goes to show both the hacker and ISIS had an intent to do serious harm which would result in the deaths of up to 1,300 individuals. Helping terrorists in any way or capacity is not the best idea these days. One hacker who allegedly helped ISIS has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Ardit Ferizi hacked a US company to collect information about government and military personnel. With this information, ISIS put together a hit list of high-value targets that needed to....