Man Behind Hacks of Bush Family and Other Celebs Indicted In the US 65
New submitter criticalmass24 writes: 42-year-old Marcel Lehel Lazar, better known as Guccifer, the hacker that gained unauthorized access to email and social network accounts of high-profile public figures, has been charged in the United States. According to the Department of Justice, "[F]rom December 2012 to January 2014, Lazar hacked into the e-mail and social media accounts of high-profile victims, including a family member of two former U.S. presidents, a former U.S. Cabinet member, a former member of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a former presidential adviser. After gaining unauthorized access to their e-mail and social media accounts, Lazar publicly released his victims’ private e-mail correspondence, medical and financial information, and personal photographs. The indictment also alleges that in July and August 2013, Lazar impersonated a victim after compromising the victim’s account." The full indictment can be read online.
Re:Password (Score:5, Interesting)
Believe it or not, if someone's front door is unlocked, you still have to knock.
Re:So now the fun question is... (Score:2, Interesting)
Obviously he was trying to expose something.
Obviously you don't understand the nature of cracking.
For as much as we see these guys with that stupid mask on talking about making a change the truth is that most of them couldn't be bothered to miss an afternoon of football or a WoW raid to lift a finger. Most of the crackers I've known do it for the LuLz. Some have had a bit of ideals behind them but the most talented crackers I've known seem to be detached from what happens in the real world outside of what they directly come in contact with daily.
Re:Counter-NSA (Score:3, Interesting)
That won't help much, he got sentenced to 3 (or 4? Can't recall and I am lazy) years in jail already in Romania, same as some very rich asshole who stole literally millions EUR and now is over a billion EUR wealthy. What's worse is that the rich dude was found guilty in 3 different trials (for bribing and kidnapping to name a few offenses) and they "merged" the sentenced into one, basically saying, you got 3 years there, 4 years there and 4 more years there, so let's sum that up and make it... 3.5 years total.
Hacking some e-mail addresses with no data leaks gets you 3-4 years. Stealing millions of EUR, plus kidnapping some people, plus trying to bribe some football teams to "lose" a match gets you the same sentence. And people say there's justice in this world. Pfft.
I am your elected representative (Score:5, Interesting)
Speaking on behalf of Slashdot, the nerds and computer enthusiasts, we ask:
"How did he get caught?"