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Inmate hacked prison network, broke into employee database

2008-11-10 01:50:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A former prison inmate has been arrested and charged with hacking the facility's computer network, stealing personal details of more than 1,100 prison employees and making them available to fellow inmates. Francis G. Janosko, 42, gained access to the names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and telephone numbers of employees worki
 
 
 
 
 
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Former inmate arrested for breaking into prison's IT systems

2008-11-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b27ca4 in Network World on Security
 
It isn't uncommon for people to go to prison for breaking into corporate computers and stealing data. It's rare, though, for someone to be sent back to jail for breaking into a prison computer system while already serving time for another crime
 
 
 
 
 
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Conn. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A Woodbury, Conn., man is sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in Web sites selling unauthorized copies of movies, music and software
 
 
 
 
 
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U.S. man gets 30 months in prison for 'warez' operation

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A Woodbury, Connecticut, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for operating Web sites where users could download unauthorized copies of movies, music and software titles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced
 
 
 
 
 
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DBA who stole consumer data gets 57 months in prison, $4M bill

2008-07-16 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing the records of about 8.5 million consumers and selling them to data brokers
 
 
 
 
 
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DBA who stole consumer data gets 57 months in prison

2008-07-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0352c in Network World on Security
 
A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services Inc. who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge
 
 
 
 
 
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Colorado 'Spam King' walks away from prison camp

2008-07-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Convicted penny-stock spammer Eddie Davidson walked away from a federal minimum-security prison camp in Colorado on Sunday, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday
 
 
 
 
 
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Passport Snooping Gets Fed Intelligence Analyst Up to Year in Prison

2008-09-22 04:00:00 by David Kravets in Wired Security
 
A State Department intelligence analyst pleads guilty in federal court to charges of privacy invasion of hundreds of celebrities, politicians, athletes and others. Lawrence Yontz faces up to a year in prison when sentenced next month
 
 
 
 
 
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Former inmate nabbed for allegedly breaking into prison's IT systems

2008-11-10 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Federal prosecutors in Boston have charged a former inmate at a Massachusetts prison with breaking into its computer systems and stealing data while he was serving time there