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Long Prison Sentence for Man Who Hacked Jail Computer System to Bust Out Friend

Konrads Voits, 27, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, hacked into a county jail’s computer system and modified prisoner records in an attempt to get an inmate released early. Voits admitted to using the malware to collect and steal passwords, usernames, emails, and other personal information of over 1,600 county employees. He will also serve three years of supervised release and pay $235,488 in restitution to Washtenaw County, the cost of investigating and addressing the hack.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/long-prison-sentence-for-man-who-hacked-jail-computer-system-to-bust-out-friend/

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