mercredi 31 août 2016

Brooklyn man charged with hacking international shipping company database

A 32-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with accessing the computer database of a Bayonne shipping company and selling sensitive information to the company's competitors, officials said yesterday.

A 32-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with accessing the computer database of a Bayonne shipping company and selling sensitive information to the company's competitors, officials said yesterday.

Vadmin Alper is charged with taking the information from his former employer, international shipping company Marin Transport Logistic, located on New Hook Road, Bayonne Police Capt. Janine Foy said yesterday.

According to the criminal complaint, Alper copied and emailed files on more than six occasions between Feb 5, 2015 and March 13, 2016. He allegedly disclosed information about company names, incomes, balances, prices, email addresses, phone numbers and contact names, the complaint says.

The charges were filed by Bayonne police on Aug. 23 and Alper made his first appearance on the charges yesterday in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City.

He is charged with accessing the information without authority to do so and accessing the information for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud, obtain services, property or personal gain, the complaint says. 

Bayonne police and the criminal complaint did not provide details on the hacking charges.

Brooklyn man charged with hacking international shipping company database

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