Catalin Dragomir, a Romanian national, was arrested in Romania in November 2024 and extradited to the United States in January 2025. He pleaded guilty in February 2026 to obtaining information from a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. In June 2021, he hacked into an Oregon state government office network and sold access to that and other compromised U.S. networks. The scheme resulted in losses exceeding $250,000. He admitted selling information obtained from at least 10 other organizations and was described as prolific by prosecutors. The Oregonian reported he sold access to the Oregon network for $3,000 in Bitcoin. The judge considered the two months he spent in jail in Romania before extradition.
"He pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft in February 2026. This week, he was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison, according to The Oregonian. At sentencing, the judge took into account the two months Dragomir spent in jail in Romania before his extradition."
"According to the US Justice Department, Dragomir hacked into the network of an Oregon state government office in June 2021. He sold access to this and other compromised networks in the United States, resulting in losses exceeding $250,000. The Oregonian reported that the hacker sold access to the Oregon network for $3,000 in Bitcoin."
"Dragomir admitted selling information obtained from at least 10 other organizations and prosecutors described him as "prolific", but he claimed he had worked for another hacker rather than being the scheme's mastermind."
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