Western District of Missouri KC Man Indicted for Computer Hacking United States Department of Justice
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ppKANSAS CITY Mo A Kansas City Mo man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hacking into the computer systems at an area nonprofit and a health club businessppNicholas Michael Kloster 31 was charged in a twocount indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City Mo on Tuesday Nov 19 That indictment was unsealed and made public today following Klosters arrest and initial court appearanceppThe federal indictment charges Kloster with one count of accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining informationppKloster allegedly entered the premises of a business identified in court documents as Company Victim 2 which operates multiple health clubs in Kansas and Missouri shortly before midnight on April 26 2024 The following day Kloster sent an email to one of the owners of Company Victim 2 claiming that he had gained access to the computer system Kloster also claimed to have assisted over 30 small to mediumsized industrial businesses in the Kansas City Missouri area and attached a copy of his resumeppFollowing Klosters intrusion the indictment says employees with Company Victim 2 noted that Klosters monthly gym membership fee was reduced to 1 that his photograph was erased from the gyms network and determined that Kloster stole a gym staff nametag A few weeks later Kloster posted an image to a social media profile which appeared to be a screen capture of his desktop showing control of the security cameras for Company Victim 2 with a chatbox window with the message how to get a company to use your security serviceppThe federal indictment also charges Kloster with one count of causing reckless damage to a protected computer during unauthorized accessppKloster allegedly entered the premises of a nonprofit corporation identified in court documents as Company Victim 3 on May 20 2024 Kloster entered an area that is not available to the public and accessed a computer with access to the companys network Kloster utilized a boot disk the indictment says which enabled him to access Company Victim 3s computer through multiple user accounts By accessing Company Victim 3s computer in such a manner the indictment says the use of this boot disk enabled Kloster to circumvent the password requirements on Company Victim 3s computer and change the password assigned to one or more of the users of Company Victim 3s computer Kloster was able to install a virtual private network on this computer Since Klosters intrusion into its computer and its network Company Victim 3 has sustained losses in excess of 5000 in an attempt to remediate the effects from this intrusionppIn addition to these two victims the indictment refers to a third victim identified in court documents as Company Victim 1 According to the indictment Kloster was employed by Company Victim 1 in March and April 2024 Kloster allegedly used a company credit card to make numerous personal purchases including a thumb drive that was advertised as a means to hack into vulnerable computersppThe charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations and not evidence of guilt Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury whose duty is to determine guilt or innocenceppThis case is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorneys Patrick Daly and Nicholas Heberle It was investigated by the FBI and the Kansas City Mo Police DepartmentppA Lees Summit Mo man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing an Independence Mo bank after a bank customer attempted to stop him from fleeingppA Jefferson City Mo man was sentenced in federal court today for a multimillion dollar bank fraud scheme that included fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program PPP loans for four businessesppUnited States Attorney Teresa Moore announced today that Assistant United States Attorney AUSA Nicholas Heberle will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Departments nationwide ElectionppWestern District of Missouri
US Attorneys Office
Room 5510
400 East 9th Street
Kansas City MO 64106ppEmail USAOWDMOppTelephone 816 4263122
Fax Line 816 4264210pp pp pp ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
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ppKANSAS CITY Mo A Kansas City Mo man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hacking into the computer systems at an area nonprofit and a health club businessppNicholas Michael Kloster 31 was charged in a twocount indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City Mo on Tuesday Nov 19 That indictment was unsealed and made public today following Klosters arrest and initial court appearanceppThe federal indictment charges Kloster with one count of accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining informationppKloster allegedly entered the premises of a business identified in court documents as Company Victim 2 which operates multiple health clubs in Kansas and Missouri shortly before midnight on April 26 2024 The following day Kloster sent an email to one of the owners of Company Victim 2 claiming that he had gained access to the computer system Kloster also claimed to have assisted over 30 small to mediumsized industrial businesses in the Kansas City Missouri area and attached a copy of his resumeppFollowing Klosters intrusion the indictment says employees with Company Victim 2 noted that Klosters monthly gym membership fee was reduced to 1 that his photograph was erased from the gyms network and determined that Kloster stole a gym staff nametag A few weeks later Kloster posted an image to a social media profile which appeared to be a screen capture of his desktop showing control of the security cameras for Company Victim 2 with a chatbox window with the message how to get a company to use your security serviceppThe federal indictment also charges Kloster with one count of causing reckless damage to a protected computer during unauthorized accessppKloster allegedly entered the premises of a nonprofit corporation identified in court documents as Company Victim 3 on May 20 2024 Kloster entered an area that is not available to the public and accessed a computer with access to the companys network Kloster utilized a boot disk the indictment says which enabled him to access Company Victim 3s computer through multiple user accounts By accessing Company Victim 3s computer in such a manner the indictment says the use of this boot disk enabled Kloster to circumvent the password requirements on Company Victim 3s computer and change the password assigned to one or more of the users of Company Victim 3s computer Kloster was able to install a virtual private network on this computer Since Klosters intrusion into its computer and its network Company Victim 3 has sustained losses in excess of 5000 in an attempt to remediate the effects from this intrusionppIn addition to these two victims the indictment refers to a third victim identified in court documents as Company Victim 1 According to the indictment Kloster was employed by Company Victim 1 in March and April 2024 Kloster allegedly used a company credit card to make numerous personal purchases including a thumb drive that was advertised as a means to hack into vulnerable computersppThe charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations and not evidence of guilt Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury whose duty is to determine guilt or innocenceppThis case is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorneys Patrick Daly and Nicholas Heberle It was investigated by the FBI and the Kansas City Mo Police DepartmentppA Lees Summit Mo man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing an Independence Mo bank after a bank customer attempted to stop him from fleeingppA Jefferson City Mo man was sentenced in federal court today for a multimillion dollar bank fraud scheme that included fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program PPP loans for four businessesppUnited States Attorney Teresa Moore announced today that Assistant United States Attorney AUSA Nicholas Heberle will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Departments nationwide ElectionppWestern District of Missouri
US Attorneys Office
Room 5510
400 East 9th Street
Kansas City MO 64106ppEmail USAOWDMOppTelephone 816 4263122
Fax Line 816 4264210pp pp pp ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
