Two Florida Men Indicted for Allegedly Hacking Into Website

Anne Milgram, Attorney General of Florida, and Gregory A. Paw, Criminal Justice Director, declared that two men from the state were legally accused on March 18, 2008 for allegedly disrupting an online medical business in New Jersey that led to losses, amounting $900,000, as reported by Gloucestercitynews on March 18, 2008.

Director Paw said that 36 year old, Rory Edward Tringali, and his associate, Matthew Justin Willner, aged 34, both residing in Miami Beach face legal accusation from a state panel of judges on first-degree classified charges of computer-related criminal activity along with conspiring to do the same. They were also indicted on second-degree classified charges of posing as some other individual, of conspiring to falsely play the part of someone else, and of attempting to commit computer crime.

According to the indictment coming to the Division of Criminal Justice, during the period of November 2006 to March 2007, Tringali, who was moved out from the post of consultant at Marlton-based MedPro back in 2003, hired Willner to hack into MedPro's Websites. MedPro, a fully Web-based company, retails medical lasers for about $100,000 each.

The indictment alleges that the attacks apparently led MedPro to discontinue with its business and disrupted customers' ability to communicate with the company. The indictment also charged the defendants of distributing spam mails in the name of MedPro.

According to further allegations, when MedPro learnt about the spam and disruptions on its Website, the company changed its domain names a couple of times. However, Willner and Tringali attacked even the newly registered sites. MedPro is said to have lost over $894,000 on account of the duo's actions.

Tringali, who was detained in Florida in February 2007, was deported to New Jersey. Willner, who was also arrested in Florida in March that year, agreed to surrender himself to the New Jersey authorities.

Detectives belonging to the Division of Criminal Justice, Computer Analysis and Technology wing, jointly conducted the investigation. Mark A. Murtha, Deputy Attorney General, introduced the case and presented it before the grand jury of Florida.

The current indictment is just an accusation, which until proved will consider the defendants as innocent.

» SPAMfighter News - 26-03-2008