TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man has been charged with conspiracy, unauthorized access of protected computers, and violations of the Wiretap Act.
If convicted on all counts, Timothy Burke, 45, Tampa, faces a maximum penalty of 62 years in federal prison.
According to the indictment, Burke and a second conspirator obtained and used compromised credentials, such as usernames and passwords, to obtain and steal information from the victim entities’ computers.
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The victim entities’ computers were the “National Sports League” and “StreamCo.”
Regarding the actions connected to StreamCo, the indictment claims that Burke and Conspirator 2:
- Gained access to a StreamCo website using compromised credentials
- Took proprietary information from that website belonging to StreamCo, which they then used to intercept, download, and store StreamCo broadcaster-customers’ streams
- Did all of the above using the stolen proprietary information.
According to the Department of Justice, two StreamCo broadcaster-customers who were impacted by the charged conduct are also named in the indictment.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tampa Field Office – Cyber Squad.
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