https://bit.ly/48eRweW - 🏛️ Miklos Daniel Brody, a former cloud engineer at a San Francisco-based bank, has been sentenced to two years in prison for damaging the bank's computer network and making false statements to a government agency. This sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick follows Brody's guilty plea to charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and for lying to a government agency. #CyberCrime #LegalSentencing #ComputerFraud 💻 After being fired from the bank on March 11, 2020, for violating company policy, Brody used his company-issued laptop, which he failed to return, to access the bank’s computer network without authorization. His activities caused substantial damage, including deleting code repositories, running malicious scripts, and emailing himself proprietary bank code valued at over $5,000. The total cost of the damage to the bank’s systems was determined to be at least $220,621.22. #NetworkIntrusion #CyberSecurityBreach #FinancialInstitutions 🚔 Following his termination, Brody engaged in deceptive actions. He falsely reported to the San Francisco Police Department that his company-issued laptop was stolen and repeated these false statements to U.S. Secret Service agents after his arrest in March 2021. He later admitted in his guilty plea that he knew his statement about the laptop being stolen was false. #Deception #LegalCase #CyberEthics 💸 In addition to his prison sentence, Judge Orrick ordered Brody to pay restitution totaling $529,266.37 and to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. This case, prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren M. Harding and George O. Hageman, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Mark DiCenzo, is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service.
