Hacker who sold access to Oregon state emergency network for Bitcoin gets prison
Catalin Dragomir, a Romanian citizen, was sentenced to over four years in federal prison for selling access to Oregon's emergency management network. He pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and admitted to selling personal information from multiple victims. The judge emphasized the seriousness of crimes involving government agencies that protect critical infrastructure.
- ▪Dragomir sold stolen login credentials for Oregon's emergency management network in 2021.
- ▪He was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for aggravated identity theft.
- ▪The crime involved sharing sensitive personal information of state employees and other victims.
- ▪He sold access to the network for $3,000 in Bitcoin and caused losses of at least $250,000.
- ▪Dragomir cooperated with the FBI after being extradited from Romania.
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| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 06:54:06 +0000 |
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By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLiveA Romanian citizen who sold stolen login credentials that provided access to Oregon’s emergency management computer network in 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in federal prison.Catalin Dragomir, now 46, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and obtaining information from a protected computer.“Our country takes these types of crimes very seriously because of the harms and risk of harms that they cause,” said U.S. District Judge Michael H.
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