Former HHS Cybersecurity Official Gets 25-Year Sentence for Child Porn Conviction

Former Department of Health and Human Services cybersecurity official Timothy DeFoggi received a 25-year prison sentence for his conviction on child pornography charges, the Department of Justice said Monday. DeFoggi, 56, was convicted in August on the charges, which stemmed from his use of a Tor-network-based child pornography website. The site was one of three the FBI shuttered in a December 2012 sting (see 1408270094). “DeFoggi attempted to sexually exploit children and traffic in child pornography through an anonymous computer network of child predators,” said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell in a news release. “But dangerous criminals cannot be allowed to operate on-line with impunity. Today’s sentence shows that the Department of Justice will bring criminals and child predators to justice, even when they employ anonymous networks like Tor.”