A 45-year-old Romanian national, Catalin Dragomir, pleaded guilty to hacking Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management in June 2021, selling administrative access on cybercriminal platforms and exposing an employee’s personal data. He admitted to breaching 10 other U.S. companies causing at least $250,000 in losses and faces up to seven years in prison amid a wave of recent local government and hospital cyberattacks. #CatalinDragomir #inthematrixl #OregonOfficeOfEmergencyManagement #UMMC
Keypoints
- Catalin Dragomir pleaded guilty to accessing a protected computer and aggravated identity theft for breaching Oregon’s emergency management network.
- He sold administrative credentials on the dark web for $3,000 in Bitcoin under the moniker “inthematrixl”.
- Dragomir also hacked 10 U.S. companies, causing at least $250,000 in financial losses.
- He was arrested in Romania in November 2024, extradited to the U.S., and faces sentencing in May with up to seven years in prison.
- The case underscores a recent surge in attacks on local governments and hospitals, including a ransomware incident that forced UMMC to close multiple clinics and seek FBI and DHS assistance.
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