June 17, 2024
Despite "vehemently" rejecting defense counsel's arguments seeking a more lenient sentence for a cybersecurity contractor facing up to five years in prison for hacking into a hospital's computer systems, a Georgia federal judge nevertheless handed down a two-year house arrest sentence on Monday, citing the defendant's extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer.
March 25, 2024
A Georgia federal judge on Monday postponed the sentencing of a cybersecurity contractor convicted of hacking into a hospital's computer systems after tearing into his attorneys over their request for nearly five years of home confinement instead of prison, for which the judge found "no basis."
November 16, 2023
A cybersecurity contractor pled guilty Thursday to hacking into a Georgia medical center's computers in 2018 and stealing confidential patient information, a crime the government said cost the hospital more than $800,000 and was aimed at driving up business for his company.
May 15, 2023
The federal government urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject renewed arguments by a cybersecurity contractor accused of hacking into a Georgia medical center's computers that the charges against him are unconstitutionally vague and must be dismissed.
March 31, 2023
A cybersecurity contractor accused of hacking a Georgia medical center's computers asked a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss the indictment against him for lack of specificity and being "unconstitutionally vague."
March 01, 2023
A Georgia federal district judge on Tuesday rejected a magistrate judge's recommendation that an 18-count computer fraud indictment against a cybersecurity contractor should be tossed for lack of specificity, siding with prosecutors and ruling that charges against Vikas Singla contain all the information that's needed.
December 14, 2022
A Georgia federal judge's recommendation to dismiss criminal charges against a cybersecurity contractor accused of hacking into a hospital network is legally and factually flawed and flies in the face of long-standing precedent, according to U.S. prosecutors.
November 29, 2022
A Georgia federal judge recommended dismissing an indictment accusing a cybersecurity consultant of hacking Gwinnett Medical Center's internal printer network, saying the charges are too vague for the consultant to mount a defense.