Tuesday, April 17, 2012

SandBox Utah: Criminal Justice News "Ohio Man Faces Federal Indictment in Utah for Hacking into Utah Law Enforcement Websites "

 Sergeant Zachary J. Foster
"SALT LAKE CITY—John Anthony Borell III, age 21, of Toledo, Ohio, is charged with two counts of computer intrusion in a federal indictment unsealed Monday morning in Salt Lake City. The indictment alleges Borell hacked into protected computers without authorization on two occasions in January and intentionally caused damage to servers hosting websites for two Utah law enforcement agencies.

The first count of the indictment charges Borell with an intrusion on January 19, 2012 involving a server hosting a website for the Utah Chiefs of Police Association. The second count alleges a similar attack on January 31, 2012  on the server hosting the Salt Lake City Police Department website. Each count of the indictment alleges the offense caused a loss of more than $5,000.

Borell was arrested in Ohio on March 20, 2012 on a federal complaint. The indictment was returned April 4, 2012. He will be arraigned on the indictment in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Monday at 12:30 p.m. The arraignment will be in U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Alba’s courtroom. Borell has been in a halfway house in Ohio pending his appearance in Utah....." (Read more?  Click title)
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