Romanian Hacker Sentenced in the U.S. to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Network Intrusion

Romanian national Catalin Dragomir received a 56-month federal prison sentence and three years of supervised release in connection with an intrusion into an Oregon state government office’s network in 2021 and other cyberattacks against U.S. victims. He pleaded guilty to selling unauthorized administrator access to an Oregon emergency management network. According to the source, he also sold access to computer networks belonging to other U.S. victims, causing more than $250,000 in losses.