Xu Zewei was transferred from Milan and appeared in federal court in Houston on a nine-count indictment alleging wire fraud, identity theft, and unauthorized access to protected computers. Authorities allege he was part of a network of contract hackers operating on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security.
Cole, a petty scammer who skims people's security credentials from unsecured wifi networks and empties their bank accounts, finds himself in a dangerous situation when Oscar, a hoodlum, discovers his activities.
Buchanan admitted to conducting SMS phishing attacks, bombarding a victim company's employees with hundreds of messages linking to phishing sites designed to harvest credentials and personally identifiable information (PII).
I got a rush from feeling challenged. The computer would say 'No', and I would think, 'Well, we'll see'. In his own words it was more a case of Rage Against the Machine than simply Stayin' Alive.
Dickson is one of three people who contacted CBC Toronto about StubHub's failure to help them after their accounts were hacked, following a story about a Blue Jays fan whose pricey tickets were sold from his account.