[ISN] FBI: Hacker demanded sexually explicit videos

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:48:39 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.ocregister.com/news/mijangos-254531-victims-affidavit.html

By Larry Welborn
The Orange County Register
June 22, 2010 

SANTA ANA - A Santa Ana man was arrested Tuesday after authorities say 
he hacked into dozens of computers and demanded sexually explicit videos 
from female victims in exchange for keeping their personal information 
private.

Luis Mijangos, 31, was arrested without incident at his home by special 
agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

He is charged with extortion, a felony offense that carries a statutory 
maximum penalty of two years in federal prison.

The arrest follows a six-month investigation by the FBI and Glendale 
police into Mijangos' involvement in computer hacking, identity theft 
and video voyeurism.

FBI computer forensics experts determined Mijangos infected more than 
100 computers used by approximately 230 individuals, at least 44 of whom 
were juveniles, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's 
Office.

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