ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Sterling homo pleaded guilty today to intentionally damaging his onetime employer’s reckoner network.
According to courtroom documents, Martin Mehran Taheri, 33, worked every bit an information applied scientific discipline operations director at a information optimization companionship located inwards northern Virginia until Nov 2016. Following his resultant from the company, Taheri repeatedly accessed his onetime employer’s network without ascendence betwixt Dec 2016 as well as Feb 2017. Then, inwards belatedly July 2017, Taheri logged into his onetime employer’s network, powered off the company’s servers, as well as partially cleared an lawsuit log. Taheri’s actions rendered his onetime employer’s websites as well as commercial services unavailable until ability to the servers was restored.
Taheri pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging a reckoner yesteryear knowing transmission. He faces a maximum penalization of 10 years inwards prison theatre when sentenced on July 27. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 federal district courtroom gauge volition decide whatsoever judgement later taking into describe of piece of employment concern human relationship the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines as well as other statutory factors.
Tracy Doherty-McCormick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as well as Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director inwards Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the annunciation later U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga accepted the plea. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander P. Berrang is prosecuting the case.
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