"A 45-year-old Romanian national pleaded guilty this week to hacking into computers at Oregon's Department of Emergency Management in June 2021 and selling the access he obtained for $3,000 worth of Bitcoin. Catalin Dragomir also hacked into 10 other U.S. companies, causing financial losses of at least $250,000."
"He was arrested in Romania in November 2024 and was extradited to the U.S. last year. In court on Thursday, Dragomir pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft. He will be sentenced in May and is facing up to seven years in prison."
Catalin Dragomir, a 45-year-old Romanian national, pleaded guilty to hacking computers at Oregon's Department of Emergency Management in June 2021 and selling the access for $3,000 in Bitcoin. Dragomir also hacked into ten other U.S. companies, causing at least $250,000 in financial losses. Romanian authorities arrested him in November 2024 and he was extradited to the United States. In court, Dragomir pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and to one count of aggravated identity theft. He faces up to seven years in prison and will be sentenced in May.
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