FBI Busts ‘Largest-known Computer Hacking’ of Its Kind with 9 Arrests

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Calling it the “largest-known computer hacking security fraud scheme,” the FBI charged nine people in indictments unsealed Tuesday that allege nine people managed to break into three newswires to access yet-to-be press release about financial information. The FBI reports that the international scheme netted its participants $30 million in illegal profits….

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NASAQ Isn’t the Only Thing Going Down: Ex-Managing Director of NASDAQ Gets 3 1/2 Years for Insider Trading

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Donald Johnson, a former managing director of the NASDAQ Stock Market, was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for engaging in insider trading on multiple occasions using non-public information he obtained in his role as a NASDAQ executive, authorities said. Johnson was also ordered to forfeit $755,066. Johnson, 57,…

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