Hacker’s parents sentenced for selling his cryptocurrency

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:45:02 +0000

“You misguidedly tried to help your son” by moving his cryptocurrency, but it “didn’t help him at all,” a judge said.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MB5WHC5qb-0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 04:14:18 +0000

A 21-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash. has pleaded guilty to federal hacking charges tied to his role in operating the “Satori” botnet, a crime machine powered by hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices that was built to conduct massive denial-of-service attacks targeting Internet service providers, online gaming platforms and Web hosting companies.

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