08-19-2005, 10:01 AM
full story here
A few snippets...
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A few snippets...
Quote:A former America Online software engineer was sentenced yesterday to a year and three months in prison for stealing 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses and selling them to spammers who sent out up to 7 billion unsolicited e-mail messages.
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The judge has recommended $84,000 restitution, triple what Smathers earned. The imposition of restitution was delayed to give AOL a chance to prove that the damages were much greater, after the judge suggested the $300,000 damage figure was subjective.
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In December, the judge said he had dropped his own AOL membership because he received too much spam.
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