Topic: prison sentence

  • PowerSchool Hacker Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

    PowerSchool Hacker Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

    A 19-year-old Massachusetts college student received a four-year prison sentence for orchestrating a 2024 cyberattack on PowerSchool, compromising tens of millions of students' and teachers' personal data globally. The attackers used stolen subcontractor credentials to breach systems, exfiltratin...

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  • JPMorgan Refuses to Cover Legal Fees for Frank Founder

    JPMorgan Refuses to Cover Legal Fees for Frank Founder

    JPMorgan Chase is challenging a court order to pay $142 million in legal fees for Charlie Javice and Olivier Amar, who were convicted of defrauding the bank by inflating user numbers of Frank, a platform it acquired in 2021. The bank's attorney alleges severe billing abuses in the legal expenses,...

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  • Gamer pleads guilty to threatening Epic Games employees

    Gamer pleads guilty to threatening Epic Games employees

    Jayden Griffin, a 19-year-old from South Dakota, pleaded guilty to sending death threats to Epic Games employees in late 2024, facing up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He admitted in court that he intended the threats to be perceived as genuine and reversed his initial not-guilty pl...

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