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 | Estimated Dollar Loss | Target | Perpetrator Charged | Geography | Punishment | Notes | ||
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Colloquial Case Name (District) Press Release Date |
Confid. (C) Integrity (I) Avail. (A) |
Private, Public or Threat to Public Health or Safety |
Juvenile | Group | International | Sentence in Months |
Fine Forfeiture Restitution |
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U.S. v. Arabo (D.N.J.) August 25, 2006 |
CIA | 504K | Private | 30 | 504K | ||||
U.S. v. Kwak (D.D.C.) May 12, 2006 |
C | Public | 5 | 40K | |||||
U.S. v. Ancheta (C.D. Cal.) May 8, 2006 |
IA | Public | 57 | 75K | First U.S. "botnet" prosecution | ||||
U.S. v. Maxwell (W.D. Wash) May 4, 2006 |
CIA | 252K | Threat to Public Health or Safety |
TBD | TBD | "botnet" case |
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U.S. v. McCarty (C.D. Cal.) April 20, 2006 |
CIA | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Levine (E.D. Ark) February 22, 2006 |
C | Private | 96 | Massive data theft | |||||
U.S. v. Flury (N.D. Ohio) February 18, 2006 |
C | 384K | Private | 32 | 300K | Online trafficking: id theft, credit & debit cards, and bank fraud |
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U.S. v. Li (D. Utah) February 17, 2006 |
CI | Private | TBD | TBD | Student | ||||
U.S. v. Fisher (D. Utah) February 15, 2006 |
CIA | Private | TBD | TBD | Former employee | ||||
U.S. v. Benimeli (N.D. Ohio) July 13, 2006 |
CIA | Private | TBD | TBD | Former employee; Indictment |
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U.S. v. Ancheta (C.D. Cal.) January 23, 2006 |
IA | Public | TBD | TBD | First U.S. "botnet" case prosecution | ||||
U.S. v. Miller (S.D. Ohio) January 19, 2006 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Clark (N.D. Cal.) December 28, 2005 |
CIA | Private | TBD | TBD | "botnet" case | ||||
U.S. v. Zhang (N.D. Cal.) December 22, 2005 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD |
Economic Espionage Act Case |
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U.S. v. Kwong (E.D. TX) November 21, 2005 |
CIA | 600K | Private | Yes | TBD | TBD | |||
U.S. v. Mantovani (D. N.J.) November 17, 2005 |
C | 4M | Private | Yes | TBD | TBD | Online trafficking: id theft, credit & debit cards |
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U.S. v. Hatten (S.D. TX) November 1, 2005 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. An Unnamed Junveile II (D. Mass.) September 8, 2005 |
CIA | 1M | Public Private |
11 (juvenile detention) | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Shea (N.D. Cal.) September 8, 2005 |
IA | 100K | Private | 12 mos. | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Perez et al. (S.D. Cal.) August 26, 2005 |
CIA | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Levine (E.D. Ark.) August 12, 2005 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Carlson (E.D. Pa.) (July 14, 2005) |
CA | Private | 48 | ||||||
U.S. v. Meydbray (N.D. Cal.) (June 8, 2005) |
CIA | 5K | Private | TBD | TBD | Former employee | |||
U.S. v. Chavet (N.D. Cal.) (May 9, 2005) |
CI | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Heckenkamp (N.D. Cal.) (April 25, 2005) |
C | 5K | Private | 8 | 268K | ||||
U.S. v. Lyttle (N.D. Cal.) (March 11, 2005) |
CI | 70K | Public | TBD | TBD | Member of hacking group "The Deceptive Duo" | |||
U.S. v. Jiang (S.D. N.Y.) (February 28, 2005) |
CI | Private | 27 | 201K | Also plead to software piracy | ||||
U.S. v. Jacobsen (C.D. Cal.) (February 15, 2005) |
CI | 5K | Private | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. An Unnamed Juvenile (W.D. Wash.) (February 11, 2005) |
IA | Private | 18 | Created RPCSDBOT variant of "Blaster" worm | |||||
U.S. v. Parson (W.D. Wash.) (January 28, 2005) |
CIA | Private | Yes | 18 | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Salcedo et. al. (W.D. N.C.) (December 15, 2004) |
CI | Private | Yes | 108 | 0 | ||||
U.S. v. Mantovani et al. (D. N.J.) (October 28, 2004) |
C | 4M | Private | Yes | TBD | TBD | Online trafficking: id theft, credit & debit cards | ||
U.S. v. Cotton (S.D. N.Y.) (September 9, 2004) |
CIA | 100K | Private | TBD | TBD | Former network administrator | |||
U.S. v. Erfurt (N.D. Cal.) (August 31, 2004) |
CI | TBD | TBD | ||||||
U.S. v. Angle (D. Mass.) August 23, 2004 |
IA | 26.4K | Private | TBD | TBD | Disgruntled former employee | |||
U.S. v. Mateias et al. (C.D. Cal.) August 4, 2004 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Sabathia (E.D. Cal.) July 28, 2004 |
C | 875K | Private | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Shan (N.D. Cal.) July 7, 2004 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Chavet (N.D. Cal.) July 2, 2004 |
CI | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Borghard (S.D. N.Y.) June 16, 2004 |
CIA | 118K | Private | 5 | 118K | ||||
U.S. v. Dinh (D. Mass.) May 5, 2004 |
C | 47K | Private | 13 | 50K | ||||
U.S. v. Garcia (C.D. Cal.) February 23, 2004 |
CIA | Private | 12 | 0 | Former network administrator | ||||
U.S. v. Jeansonne (N.D. Cal.) February 19, 2004 |
IA | 5K | Threat to Public Health or Safety | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Williams et al. (N.D. Cal.) February 10, 2004 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Rowghani et al. (N.D. Cal.) February 9, 2004 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Heckenkamp (N.D. Cal.) January 29, 2004 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Lamo (S.D. N.Y.) January 8, 2004 |
CI | 300K | Private | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Baas (S.D. Ohio) December 18, 2003 |
C | 5.8M | Private | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Diaz (S.D. Fla.) December 5, 2003 |
CI | Private | 12 | 80.7K | Former Computer Programmer | ||||
U.S. v.Patterson (W.D. Pa.) December 2, 2003 |
CA | Private | 18 | 64.8K | Former employee | ||||
U.S. v. Salcedo et al. (W.D. N.C.) November 20, 2003 |
CI | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Ramirez (C.D. Cal.) November 20, 2003 |
CI | Private | TBD | TBD | Operation Cyber Sweep | ||||
U.S. v. Wiggs (C.D. Cal.) November 20, 2003 |
CIA | Public | TBD | TBD | Operation Cyber Sweep | ||||
U.S. v. Fudge (N.D. Tex.) November 5, 2003 |
C | Public | TBD | TBD | Former FBI employee | ||||
U.S. v. O'Keefe (S.D. Cal.) September 29, 2003 |
C | Private, Public | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. An Unnamed Juvenile (W.D. Wash.) September 26, 2003 |
IA | Private | TBD | TBD | Charged with creating RPCSDBOT variant of "Blaster" worm | ||||
U.S. v. Parson (W.D. Wash.) August 29, 2003 |
CIA | Private | TBD | TBD | "Blaster" B Variant worm creator | ||||
U.S. v. Ivanov (D. Conn.) July 25, 2003 |
CIA | 25M | Private | 48 | 0 | Russian hacker, also charged in C.D. Cal ,E.D. Cal , W.D. Wash. and D. N.J. (Information) | |||
U.S. v. Castillo (W.D. Tex.) July 17, 2003 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | FBI employee exceeded authorized access on FBI computer | ||||
U.S. v. Jiang (S.D. N.Y.) July 11, 2003 |
CI | Private | TBD | TBD | attempt to gain access to accounts of subscribers of service that provides remote computer access | ||||
U.S. v. Zezev (S.D. N.Y.) July 1, 2003 |
CI | Private | 51 | 0 | Hackers from Kazakhstan | ||||
U.S. v. Racine (C.D. Cal) June 12, 2003 |
A | Public | 36 prob. |
2K | Website designer redirected Aljazeera.net web traffic | ||||
U.S. v. Shakour (E.D. Cal) June 12, 2003 |
CI | 100K | Private, Public | 12 | 88K | ||||
U.S. v. Thomas et al. (E.D. Cal) May 12, 2003 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | Financial institution insiders and imposters | ||||
U.S. v. Tran (C.D. Cal) April 18, 2003 |
IA | 20K | Private | TBD | TBD | Former network administrator | |||
U.S. v. Phillips (W.D. Tex) March 14, 2003 |
C | TBD | Private | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Gerhardt (W.D. Mo) March 13, 2003 |
C | 10K | Private | TBD | TBD | ||||
U.S. v. Northern (E.D. Cal) March 10, 2003 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Pae (C.D. Cal) February 28, 2003 |
C | Private | 33 | 324K | |||||
U.S. v. Amato (N.D. Ohio) February 13, 2003 |
IA | 12K | Public | 24 prob. | 12K | Contract employee attacked NASA e-mail server | |||
U.S. v. Ferguson (W.D. Pa.) January 23, 2003 |
C | Private | TBD | TBD | |||||
U.S. v. Duronio (D. N.J.) December 17, 2002 |
CIA | 3M | Private | TBD | TBD | disgruntled former employee | |||
U.S. v. Suplita, III (S.D. Cal.) November 15, 2002 |
CIA | 10K | Private | 36 prob. | 10K | ||||
U.S. v. McKinnon I (E.D. Va.) November 12, 2002 |
CIA | 900K | Public | TBD | TBD | British National hacked into U.S. Military Networks (see McKinnon II) | |||
U.S. v. McKinnon II (D. N.J.) November 12, 2002 |
CIA | 900K | Public | TBD | TBD | British National hacked into U.S. Military Networks (see McKinnon I) | |||
U.S. v. Gorshkov (W.D. Wash) October 4, 2002 |
CIA | Private | 36 | 700K | Russian hacker (see Ivanov I, II, III, IV) | ||||
U.S. v. Dopps (C.D. Cal.) September 9, 2002 |
C | 21.6K | Private | 60 | 21.6K | Former employee unauthorized e-mail access for commercial gain | |||
U.S. v. Amaya (C.D. Cal.) August 2, 2002 |
CIA | Private | 10 | 5.6K | Convicted, see "U.S. v. Cazenave" | ||||
U.S. v. Cazenave (C.D. Cal.) August 2, 2002 |
CIA | Private | Acquitted, see U.S. v. Amaya | ||||||
U.S. v. Luckey (E.D. Cal.) May 17, 2002 |
CI | 116K | Private | 27 | 116.8K | Unauthorized access of credit card accounts | |||
U.S. v. Blum (S.D. N.Y.) May 16, 2002 |
CI | Private | 36 prob. | 5K | Former Chief Tech Officer of Askit.com | ||||
U.S. v. Konopka (E.D. Wis.) May 7, 2002 |
CIA | Private, Public | TBD | TBD | Indictment Counts 12 & 13 | ||||
U.S. v. Smith (D. NJ) May 2, 2002 |
IA | 80M | Private, Public | 20 | 5K | "Melissa" virus creator | |||
U.S. v. Eitelberg (S.D. N.Y.) April 26, 2002 |
CIA | Private | 36 prob. |
26K | MP Limited former employee | ||||
U.S. v. Leung (S.D. N.Y.) March 27, 2002 |
CI | Private | 18 | 91.8K | |||||
U.S. v. Rayburn (N.D. Ohio) March 26, 2002 |
CI | Private | 24 prob. |
10K | |||||
U.S. v. Turner (N.D. Ohio) February 19, 2002 |
CIA | 580K | Public | 12 | 199K | employees' (unauthorized) access credit card accounts | |||
U.S. v. Lloyd (D. NJ) February 26, 2002 |
IA | 10M | Private | 41 | 2M | disgruntled former employee | |||
U.S. v. Diekman (C.D. Cal) February 4, 2002 |
CI | 6K | Private | 21 | 87K | second offense hacked into NASA computers |
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U.S. v. Farraj (S.D. NY) January 30, 2002 |
CI | Private | 18 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 40.2K | ||||
U.S. v. Lukawinsky (D. Conn.) December 14, 2001 |
CI | 198K | Private | 12 | 198.4K |
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U.S. v. Scheller (E.D. Cal) November 30, 2001 |
CI | Private | 36 prob. | 0 | |||||
U.S. v. Brown (N.D. Ohio) November 26, 2001 |
CIA | Private | 36 prob. |
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 | TBD | TBD | Defendant is currently a fugitive | ||||
U.S. v. Torricelli (S.D. NY) September 5, 2001 |
CI | Private, Public | 8 | 4K | "conflict" hacking group member | ||||
U.S. v. Carpenter (D. Md) July 24, 2001 |
CIA | Private | 15 | 108.8K | IRS computer sabotage | ||||
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. Sullivan (W.D. NC) April 13, 2001 |
IA | 100K | Private | 24 | 194K | disgruntled former employee | |||
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. "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. 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 | 24 prob. |
5K | hacked into federal govt computers | ||||
U.S. v. Miffleton (N.D. TX) December 20, 1999 |
CI | 90K | Private | 21 | 3K | member of "The Darkside Hackers" | |||
U.S. v. Alibris (D. Mass.) November 22, 1999 |
C | Private | 0 | 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 | 24 prob. | 17K | |||||
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 |
For the purposes of the computer crime case chart, the following words or phrases are defined.