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U.S. Superior Court Systems Hacked to Spread Phishing Emails

Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba, 33, hacked the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and used its servers to deliver around 2 million malspam emails. He was facing a statutory maximum of 350 years in federal prison, but the judge sentenced him to roughly 12 years. Aloba was also ordered to pay $47,479 in restitution as part of the sentence. Three other defendants Aloba allegedly hired to develop the phishing kits used in the attacks remain at large outside the U.S. Aloba’s targeting of the “largest court system in the world merits special attention”””

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-superior-court-systems-hacked-to-spread-phishing-emails/

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