Hacker who faked his death to avoid child support sentenced to prison

Jesse Kipf died in January 2023, according to the state of his birth, Hawaii. But federal agents soon discovered that Kipf was really alive in Kentucky after he had hacked into and manipulated government databases to avoid paying a six-figure child support debt. Kipf had stolen the credentials of a doctor from another state to gain access to Hawaii’s death registry system and create and certify his own death certificate, according to prosecutors. Afterward, Kipf obtained a new identity and continued to sell stolen private information “to international buyers, including...