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c0mrade

IRL Name: 
Jonathan James
Biography: 

Jonathan James (b. December 12, 1983), a.k.a. "c0mrade", is an American hacker who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States. The South Florida native was 15 years old at the time of the first offense and 16 years old on the date of his sentencing. Between August 23, 1999, and October 27, 1999, James committed a series of intrusions into various systems, including those of BellSouth and the Miami-Dade school system. What brought him to the attention of federal authorities, however, was his intrusion into the computers of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a division of the United States Department of Defense, the primary function of which is to analyze potential threats to the United States of America, both at home and abroad.

Jonathan James, 24, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his home on May 18, 2008, less than two weeks after agents raided his house in connection with a hacking ring that penetrated TJX, DSW and OfficeMax, among others. In a five page suicide note, James wrote that he was innocent, but was certain federal officials would make him a scapegoat.

“I have no faith in the ‘justice’ system,” he wrote. ” Perhaps my actions today, and this letter, will send a stronger message to the public. Either way, I have lost control over this situation, and this is my only way to regain control.”

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Acidstorm

IRL Name: 
John Kenneth Schiefer
Biography: 

John Schniefer aka (AcidStorm) is a 26 year old Los-Angeles based information security specialist. He was employed at a security firm known as 3G Communications. He and several accomplices developed malware they dubbed "spybot" that made vulnerable Windows machines part of a botnet. He admitted to creating a the botnet on Friday, November 9, 200. He used this botnet to illegally install software on at least 250,000 machines and steal online banking identities of Windows users by eavesdropping on them while they made financial transactions. They controlled the zombies using servers from various hosting companies. He faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison and a fine of $1.75 million. This is the first case that has been related to botnets has been charged under US wiretap statutes.

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VeNoMouS

IRL Name: 
Jodi Jones
Biography: 

A hacker convicted of breaking into an internet service has been linked to the penetration of an Indian nuclear weapons facility. Jodi Jones, also known as VeNoMouS, pleaded guilty to wilful damage in the Manukau District Court after hacking into Web Internet's network.

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Jason Michael Downey

IRL Name: 
Jason Michael Downey
Biography: 

Defendant Jason Michael Downey pleaded guilty to Computer Intrusion, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030(a)(5)(A)(I), on June 20, 2007.

Downey operated a botnet, a network of computers that he infected with a virus program giving him control over several thousand computers. Downey used this program to direct the botnet to attack several Internet companies, resulting in a loss of approximately $21,000.

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Alexander Dmitriyevich Paskalov

IRL Name: 
Alexander Dmitriyevich Paskalov
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Alexander Dmitriyevich Paskalov, 38, multiple U.S. addresses, was sentenced on 10/12/2007 in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, and received 42 months in prison for his participation in a significant and complex phishing scheme that targeted a major financial institution in the Midwest and resulted in multi-million dollar losses.

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Adam Sweaney

IRL Name: 
Adam Sweaney
Biography: 

On May 8, 2006, and continuing through in onto April 27, 2007, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, Adam Sweaney did willfully and knowingly combine, conspire, agree, and confederate with others known and unknown to commit offenses against the United States. Engaging in a scheme to intentionally access protected computers without authorization and in so doing, recklessly causing damage to those computers.

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Adam Botbyl

IRL Name: 
Adam Botbyl
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American Hacker from Michigan. Second hacker who entered Lowe's computers network. First being his friend Brian Salcedo. The were wardriving, and found a unsecured wireless access point used by the Lowe's chain of home improvement and hardware stores. Several months later they returned to find to to explore and exploit the network at a store located in Southfield, Michigan. They we charged with wire fraud, and unauthorized access. Later he got 26 months in prison.

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