*The greatest security news of the month is that
a spammer from Boca Raton got arrested.
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, that malignant
center of planetary spam evil! Rejoice,
forces of righteousness!
ARRESTS, CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES
–Florida Man Charged in Acxiom Corp. Data Theft
(23/22/21 July 2004)
Scott Levine of Boca Raton, Florida has been indicted on charges of
breaking into Acxiom Corp.'s computer system, stealing personal,
financial and company data, and hiding evidence. Levine allegedly stole more than 8 gigabytes of data and caused US$7 million in damages.
The information was apparently placed on Levine's company's system and sold to customers; Levine runs Snipermail.com, a bulk mailing concern. Six Snipermail.com employees who were not named in the indictment have reached agreements with prosecutors, some of which will result in guilty pleas.
In a separate case last year, Daniel Baas of Ohio pleaded guilty
to breaking into Acxiom's computer system.
http://www.internetweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=23905033
http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2004/0,4814,94673,00.html
http://news.com.com/2102-7348_3-5278839.html?tag=st.util.print
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5481403/
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-07-23-six-for-axciom_x.htm
