Romanian hacker faces up to 7 years for breaching Oregon emergency management department

(Jonathan Greig – The Record) A 45-year-old Romanian national pleaded guilty this week to hacking into computers at Oregon’s Department of Emergency Management in June 2021 and selling the access he obtained for $3,000 worth of Bitcoin. Catalin Dragomir also hacked into 10 other U.S. companies, causing financial losses of at least $250,000. He was arrested in Romania in November 2024 and was extradited to the U.S. last year. In court on Thursday, Dragomir pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft. He will be sentenced in May and is facing up to seven years in prison. – Romanian hacker faces up to 7 years for breaching Oregon emergency management department | The Record from Recorded Future News