DES MOINES, Iowa – FBI Cyber Crimes officials apprehended local computer hacker Christopher Ostrander on charges of computer tampering in the first degree Monday morning.
Ostrander is accused of being behind the recent Marriott data breach, exposing millions of customers’ personal data and information. The Des Moines Police Department also reports Ostrander is being charged with one count of indecent exposure at Crossroads Mall in nearby Plovis Township.
Ostrander was charged in 2008 with hacking into Wells Fargo’s servers and spent four years in prison after accepting a plea deal. He was also arrested earlier in 2008 for a string of bus stop flashings on elderly transit riders. If found guilty for the most recent computer tampering he could face a sentence of 13-15 years in federal prison, with an additional 60 days in jail for the misdemeanor offense of indecency.
“We are hoping that these charges send a clear message that there is no place for computer hacking or exposing one’s penis in this community,” said Des Moines police chief Rob Kimble.
