A former Sarpy County employee has been sentenced for hacking into the county’s computer system.
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jeffrey Shafer, age 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on February 6, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for obtaining information from a protected computer. Shafer was sentenced to one year of probation.
Shafer paid restitution in the amount of $26,950 prior to today’s sentencing. Shafer’s actions were discovered when a Sarpy County IT Manager observed suspicious logins to the Sarpy County computer network on January 25, 2023.
It was determined that Shafer, an Information Systems employee of Sarpy County, had reenabled his account and accessed several accounts on the Sarpy County computer network, including the email accounts of county employees.
FBI agents executed a search warrant at Shafer’s residence and conducted forensic examinations of Shafer’s electronic devices. The devices contained attribution evidence related to the unauthorized access into the Sarpy County computer network.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Shafer was placed on administrative leave, and his Sarpy County computer network login and credentials were disabled on January 16, 2023.
Shafer was informed on the same day that he was prohibited from accessing Sarpy County property, physically or via computer.
AUTHOR: Emily Johnson
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Key Facts
- State: Nebraska
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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