EXERCISE 1

Computer Crime Case Title Brief Description Interest Est. Target Perpetrator Charged Geogr Punishment Other
of Computer Harmed Dollar aphy facts of
Fraud/ Crime Loss the case

Confid. (C) Private, Employee/ Juvenile Group Int’l? Sentence in Fine

Integrity(I) Public or Former (Outsider) (Outsider) Months Forfeit
Collloquial Case Avail. (A) Threat to Employee ure
Name (District) Public Health Restitu
Press Release Date Or Safety tion

Reference Source

1. AUSTRALIA'S love of online shopping and the Credit card fraud C $478M Public  YES NI NI
move towards an increasingly cashless society
have seen an explosion in credit card fraud.

JUNE 30, 2018

https://www.news.com.au/finance/australians-lost-
almost-half-a-billion-dollars-in-credit-card-fraud-
in-a-single-year/news-
story/562e11ac746d8f7472957bead70d13f7

2. Woman to be first charged under PH cybercrime Guilty for C NI Private  NO 72 Months TBD
law transferring
thousands of dollars
to her bank account
JUNE 15 using fraudulent
computer data
https://www.rappler.com/nation/60649-woman-
first-charged-ph-cybercrime-law
3. Logic Bomb set off South Korea Cyberattack Cyberattack that I NI Public  YES NI NI
wiped the hard
MARCH 20, 2013 drives of computers
belonging to banks
https://www.wired.com/2013/03/logic-bomb- and broadcasting
south-korea-attack/ companies in South
Korea this week
was set off by a
logic bomb in the
code, according to a
security firm in the
U.S.

4. Over 22,700 online transaction fraud cases Transaction Fraud C Rs 155 Public  YES NI NI
reported in India till December: Govt

DECEMBER 21, 2017

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-
news/over-22-700-online-transaction-fraud-
cases-reported-in-india-till-december-
govt/story-xWoNMsLYE7weSmD2TuzovI.html

5. China Suspected to Carry Out Massive DDoS  Many outfits of A TBD Government ✔ No TBD TBD
Attacks Against Philippine Government Websites the Phil Agencies
government
https://www.enigmasoftware.com/china-ddos- were unable to
attacks-against-philippine-government-websites/ conduct normal
functions and
government
affairs
6. The Phishing Scam That Tiik Google and  Email spoofing C/A $ 98 Private ✔ Yes 360 months NI
Facebook for &100 Million  Forged million on
paperwork Facebook
April 9, 2019 $23
million on
https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber- Google
security/the-phishing-scam-that-took-google-
and-facebook-for-100-million/
7. 2015 Ubiquiti Networks Scam  Without I $47 Private ✔ Yes TBD TBD
verification, the million
Year 2015 accounting
department
https://www.cybersecuritymastersdegree.org/2017/ followed the
11/top-5-social-engineering-attacks-of-all-time/ instructions
regarding
changes in
payment
account details
or new vendors
to be credited

8. Cryptolocker Ransomware is a C,I $30M Public  YES TBD TBD

kind of malware that
SEPTEMBER 2013 takes your files
hostage.
https://digitalguardian.com/blog/history-
ransomware-attacks-biggest-and-worst-
ransomware-attacks-all-time
9. YAHOO  Compromised A/C $350 Private/ ✔ Yes None $4.48
Biggest Data Breaches of the 21st Century real names, million /Public billion
email addresses,
SEPTEMBER 2016 dates of birth
and telephone
numbers
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130877/the-
biggest-data-breaches-of-the-21st-century.html
10. Arrest in Computer Virus Case  Spreading of A TBD Public ✔ Yes 600 months None
virus to 400,000
NOVEMBER 4, 2005
 military and
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arrest-in- other computers
computer-virus-case/
11. Sony’s PlayStation Network  12 million A/C TBD Public ✔ Yes TBD $15
accounts had million
APRIL 20, 2011 unencrypted
credit card
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130877/the- numbers
biggest-data-breaches-of-the-21st-century.html  Hackers gained
full names,
passwords,
purchase
history, credit
card numbers
and
PSN/Qriocity
logins
12. The Melissa Virus/Worm  The virus was A $400 Public ✔ Yes 20 months $ 5000
designed to 50 million
MARCH 26, 1999 infected
computers that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_fraud would infect
other computers
13. 6 plead guilty in $100 million software piracy case  Stolen or I $100 Private/Public ✔ Yes TBD TBD
counterfeit million
December 18, 2015 software
products
https://phys.org/news/2015-12-guilty-million-  Product key
software-piracy-case.html codes are used
to obtain various
copyrighted
software
programs
14. 2015 Ubiquiti Networks Scam  Without I $47 Private ✔ Yes TBD TBD
verification, the million
Year 2015 accounting
department
https://www.cybersecuritymastersdegree.org/2017/ followed the
11/top-5-social-engineering-attacks-of-all-time/ instructions
regarding
 changes in
payment
account details
or new vendors
to be credited

15. Heartland Payment Systems  134 million credit A/C $100 Public ✔ Yes 240 months None
cards exposed million per
March 2008 through SQL month
injection to
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130877/the- install spyware
biggest-data-breaches-of-the-21st-century.html on Heartland’s
data systems