18 U.S.C. § 1030(b)
Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud
Key Facts
- Statutory Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 1030(b).
- Official Offense: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud.
- Jurisdiction: United States (Federal).
- Correlated across 8 primary case matters in this library.
Prosecutorial Elements in Cyber Cases
Requires an agreement between two or more actors to violate Section 1030, enabling joint prosecution of ransomware affiliates, botnet administrators, and infrastructure brokers.
Statutory Sentencing Exposure
Identical statutory maximum imprisonment and forfeiture exposure as the underlying substantive CFAA object offense.
Representative Prosecution Cases (8)
U.S. v. Andrienko et al. (Sandworm / GRU Unit 74455)
Six Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) military officers charged with deploying the NotPetya wiper, Olympic Destroyer malware, KillDisk attacks against Ukrainian power grids, and cyberattacks targeting French elections.
U.S. v. Hladyr, Kolpakov & Iarmak (FIN7 Cybercrime Syndicate)
Prosecution of senior leaders of the FIN7 transnational cybercrime syndicate who hacked into thousands of computer systems across the United States, stealing more than 20 million customer credit card records from restaurants and hospitality chains.
U.S. v. Baratov et al. (Yahoo 2014 Breach / FSB Officers)
Conspiracy between Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers and criminal hackers to breach Yahoo's network, compromising 500 million user accounts to conduct espionage against journalists, government officials, and commercial executives.
U.S. v. Andrei Tyurin (JPMorgan Chase Data Breach)
Russian hacker who penetrated JPMorgan Chase and eleven other major U.S. financial institutions and media companies, stealing personal data belonging to over 100 million customers to fuel securities pump-and-dump schemes.
U.S. v. Peter Levashov (Kelihos Botnet)
Russian operator (Severa) of the notorious Kelihos botnet, controlling over 100,000 infected computers worldwide used to harvest credentials, distribute ransomware, and blast billions of spam and stock pump-and-dump emails daily.
U.S. v. Netyksho et al. (APT28 / GRU Unit 26165 DNC Hack)
Twelve Russian GRU military intelligence officers charged with hacking into the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton presidential campaign servers, exfiltrating emails, and orchestrating strategic leaks via DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0.
U.S. v. Aleksandr Brovko (Botnet Parsing & Credential Sales)
Russian national who developed automated scripts to parse botnet logs, extracting financial information and account credentials from thousands of victim computers and marketing them on cybercrime forums.
U.S. v. Brett Johnson (ShadowCrew Cybercrime Syndicate)
Pioneering cybercriminal known as 'The Original Internet Godfather' who built and operated ShadowCrew, the prototypical dark web marketplace for trafficking in stolen identities and credit card data.