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Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says
Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says Personal information of millions of AT&T customers was posted to the dark web in a major data breach announced by the telecom company Saturday, March 30. The data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 73 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders, the company said. "With respect to the balance of the data set, which includes personal information such as social security numbers, the source of the data is still being assessed," AT&T said. "Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized acce…
CT Attorney Admits Possessing Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants CT Attorney Admits Possessing Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants
CT Attorney Admits Possessing Child Porn Depicting Sexual Abuse Of Infants A 37-year-old attorney from Connecticut faces decades in prison after admitting to accessing and possessing child pornography, including images depicting the sexual abuse of infants.  Fairfield County resident Christopher Bates, Jr. of Greenwich pleaded guilty to a child exploitation offense on Wednesday, Feb. 7, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  Earlier Report - Greenwich Man Charged With Child Porn Offenses, Including Possessing Images With Infants  According to federal officials, Bates' arrest resulted from an international law i…
Child Porn: Registered Sex Offender From North Branford Admits To Exploitation Charge Child Porn: Registered Sex Offender From North Branford Admits To Exploitation Charge
Child Porn: Registered Sex Offender From North Branford Admits To Exploitation Charge A 37-year-old registered sex offender in Connecticut admitted to having thousands of videos and images of child porn, many featuring infants, federal authorities said.  New Haven County resident Joseph Amadeo, of North Branford, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 19, to one count of receipt of child pornography, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. He was released on $100,000 bail pending sentencing, which is scheduled for July 12 in Hartford.  Related: CT Sex Offender Arrested On Child Porn Charges Federal agents began investigating Amadeo in 2020 after linking him to an o…
Cameras Found In HS Locker Rooms, Other Places: Ex-Parental Volunteer In Plainville Sentenced Cameras Found In HS Locker Rooms, Other Places: Ex-Parental Volunteer In Plainville Sentenced
Cameras Found In HS Locker Rooms, Other Places: Ex-Parental Volunteer In Plainville Sentenced A former parent volunteer for a youth recreational swim program from Plainville will spend decades in prison for recording dozens of videos of minors changing and uploading them online.  Earlier Report - Plainville Man Admits Placing Video-Recording Device In High School Locker Room, Other Places Kyle Fasold, age 52, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for child exploitation offenses in federal court in Hartford, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  Between June 2017 and March 2020, Fasold recorded videos of at least 36 minors and s…
CT Man Charged With Child Porn Offenses, Including Possessing Images With Infants CT Man Charged With Child Porn Offenses, Including Possessing Images With Infants
CT Man Charged With Child Porn Offenses, Including Possessing Images With Infants A Fairfield County man is facing charges after investigators found that his laptop contained about 1,000 images depicting the sexual abuse of children, including infants.  Christopher Bates Jr., age 36, of Greenwich, was arrested on a federal complaint charging him with child pornography offenses on Tuesday, Dec. 13, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. Investigators found that an IP address at Bates' home was being used to access the dark web to view images that depicted the sexual abuse of children, Roberts Avery reported. …
CT Man Admits Placing Video-Recording Device In High School Locker Room, Other Places CT Man Admits Placing Video-Recording Device In High School Locker Room, Other Places
CT Man Admits Placing Video-Recording Device In High School Locker Room, Other Places A Connecticut man could spend decades in federal prison after admitting that he secretly recorded dozens of teens and adults inside bathrooms, including in a high school locker room. Hartford County resident Kyle Fasold, age 52, of Plainville, pleaded guilty to child exploitation offenses Thursday, Sept. 29, in federal court in Hartford. Fasold was arrested in March 2020 after investigators determined he had uploaded images of child pornography to the dark web, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Connecticut. Not long after, agents from Homeland Security Investigations, along with l…
Registered Sex Offender From North Branford Charged With Child Exploitation Registered Sex Offender From North Branford Charged With Child Exploitation
Registered Sex Offender From North Branford Charged With Child Exploitation A registered sex offender in Connecticut has been indicted on new charges after being busted with thousands of pictures and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, federal authorities announced. New Haven County resident Joseph Amadeo, age 37, of North Branford, has been charged by a federal grand jury with receipt of child pornography following an investigation into an online community that shared porn on the dark web. US Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery said that Amadeo was originally arrested on the federal criminal complaint on June 3, 2021. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge.…
CT Man Who Downloaded Child Sex Abuse Images Sentenced CT Man Who Downloaded Child Sex Abuse Images Sentenced
CT Man Who Downloaded Child Sex Abuse Images Sentenced A Connecticut man who admitted to possessing child pornography will largely avoid time behind bars after being sentenced in Hartford District Court. Windham County resident Shayne Shayer, age 40, of Thompson, was sentenced to one day in prison, time already served, and 10 years of supervised release for downloading child sex abuse videos from the dark web, federal prosecutors announced. According to court documents, a Homeland Security investigation that was launched by law enforcement in Europe, determined that in January 2018, Shayer used cryptocurrency to access a dark web server and dow…
CT Man Sentenced For Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution CT Man Sentenced For Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution
CT Man Sentenced For Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution A Connecticut man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for trafficking drugs on the dark web, leading to a fatal overdose, and firearm charges. Barry Duclos, age 43, of New London County, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to 170 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. The US Attorney's Office said Duclos, a resident of Norwich, was found guilty of the following charges on July 30: Seven counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl analogues Po…