Man who unlocked 1.9 million AT&T phones sentenced to 12 years in prison
The scheme cost the company $201.5 million, according to the Department of Justice.
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Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee is going back to jail for bribery
He's been sentenced to 2.5 years after his first prison term was cut short.
Prison video visitation system exposed calls between inmates and lawyers
An exposed database could have revealed thousands of private chats.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Scientist who edited babies' genes sentenced to three years in prison
CRISPR scientist He Jiankui and colleagues were sentenced in Chinese court.
Google helped create a jail data map to shape reform policy (updated)
The company gave financial support and technical expertise to nonprofit Vera.
Silk Road 2 founder sentenced five years after the site was shut down
Thomas White plead guilty to drug trafficking, money laundering and more.
Spain halts plans to use electric shock treatment on violent inmates
The follow-up to a pilot study conducted on 41 prisoners was set to take place this month.
Hong Kong is testing high-tech monitoring systems for 'smart' prisons
Wristband trackers, video monitoring and drug-detecting robots are being used.
US prisons are reportedly creating 'voice print' databases
Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people have had their voice added to the biometric database.
Senator Wyden wants to jail execs who don't protect consumer data
The proposed bill would send senior executives at negligent companies to jail for 10 to 20 years.
Creator of doomed Fyre Festival gets six-year prison sentence
Billy McFarland defrauded investors of tens of millions of dollars.
Idaho inmates hacked prison tablets and stole $225,000
One inmate transferred almost $10,000 to their JPay account.
Amazon return policy abusers sentenced to nearly six years in prison
They defrauded the company out of more than $1.2 million in goods.
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VW engineer sentenced to 40 months in prison for emissions cheating
James Liang has also been ordered to pay a $200,000 fine.
The FCC can’t limit excessive inmate phone call rates
Still, it hasn't been pushing its previous cap rules for a while now.
Small island prison first to install anti-drone 'forcefield'
"Sky Fence" jams pilot controls so drones can't pass its threshold.
Inmates used smartphones to swap child porn in prison
Prisoners at a New Jersey facility stored videos and photos in the cloud.
UK forms 'specialist squad' to tackle prison drug drones
Police and prison officers will join forces to investigate mule pilots.
FCC stops defending caps on prison phone call rates
It could be harder for inmates to communicate with the outside world.
