Timothy Sedlak, Unauthorized Access to Computer Network, New York 2015

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to attempting to gain unauthorized access to the computer network of a global charitable organization based in New York.

According to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, Timothy Sedlak made hundreds of thousands of attempts to hack into the organization’s computer network systems between June 2015 and July 2015. The attempts impaired the availability of email accounts and web-based applications of more than 10 employees of the organization.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “Although ultimately unsuccessful, Timothy Sedlak attempted hundreds of thousands of times to hack into a charitable organization, impairing the organization’s work. Today, Sedlak admitted to his crime and now awaits his sentence.”

Sedlak’s attempts to access the organization’s computer network caused numerous employees to experience difficulty accessing their email accounts and disrupted their ability to conduct regular business functions.

On or about September 11, 2015, United States Secret Service agents executed a search warrant at Sedlak’s residence in Florida and seized computers and other evidence, including a list of Organization employees’ email account usernames and a “brute force” password-cracking tool.

Sedlak claimed to be using the computers to conduct “research” into charitable organizations as a private investigator, but investigators found evidence contradicting his claims. He is now awaiting sentencing for his crime.

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