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PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - A Malaysian who hacked into the US Federal Reserve and private banks was sentenced Friday by a US district judge to 10 years in prison.
Lin Mun Poo, 32, was given the maximum sentence Friday in Brooklyn, New York, according to news reports.
He had pleaded guilty on April 13 to fraud related to possession of stolen bank card and credit card numbers. He admitted to hacking into a computer server belonging to the Federal Reserve Bank and installing malicious software.
When he was arrested, the Malaysian citizen held over 122,000 stolen bank card and credit card numbers.
The US Justice Department said Poo's "cybercrime activities also extended to the national security sector," including hacking into the computer system of a Pentagon contractor that provided systems management services for military transport and other military operations.
Lin made a career of compromising computer servers of financial institutions, defence contractors and corporations to sell or trade on the information, according to prosecutors.
US Attorney Loretta Lynch said the sentence sent the message to hackers around the world that the United States was no place to conduct their business.
Lin Mun Poo, 32, was given the maximum sentence Friday in Brooklyn, New York, according to news reports.
He had pleaded guilty on April 13 to fraud related to possession of stolen bank card and credit card numbers. He admitted to hacking into a computer server belonging to the Federal Reserve Bank and installing malicious software.
When he was arrested, the Malaysian citizen held over 122,000 stolen bank card and credit card numbers.
The US Justice Department said Poo's "cybercrime activities also extended to the national security sector," including hacking into the computer system of a Pentagon contractor that provided systems management services for military transport and other military operations.
Lin made a career of compromising computer servers of financial institutions, defence contractors and corporations to sell or trade on the information, according to prosecutors.
US Attorney Loretta Lynch said the sentence sent the message to hackers around the world that the United States was no place to conduct their business.
