IT Professionals Database (ITPD)

tsu doh nimh writes "Alan Ralsky, the 64 year-old dubbed the 'Godfather of Spam,' was sentenced to 51 months in prison on Monday, The Washington Post's Security Fix reports.

Several readers noted the indictment of hardware hacker Ryan Harris, known as DerEngel.

Czmyt sends the excellent news that one of the US's most notorious spammers has pleaded guilty and could serve 6 years in jail.

coondoggie writes "The Justice Department has charged 11 people in connection with the massive theft of credit card numbers from various retailers, including TJX, BJs and OfficeMax.

Several users have written to tell us that notorious spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of spam-related illegal activity.

AceCaseOR writes "In Los Angeles criminal court, security consultant John Schiefer, 26, has admitted infecting the systems of his clients with viruses to form a botnet containing a maximum of 250,000

coondoggie writes "The FBI has made a number of big busts using the eBay and other online auction sites this year.