18-08-2005, 14:12
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Ex-AOL employee jailed
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A former AOL employee has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling members' details to spammers.
Jason Smathers, 25, said he turned into a "cyberspace outlaw" after selling the database of 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses.
As a result of his actions in 2003, about seven billion unsolicited spam e-mails flooded inboxes of AOL members.
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Mr Smathers admitted accepting $28,000 (£15,515) from an individual for the list of AOL member details. The details are still thought to be circulating amongst spammer rings.
"I know I've done something very wrong," Mr Smathers told US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein via a letter.
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The judge ordered Mr Smathers to pay $84,000 (£46,560) in restitution, but he delayed the order so that AOL could prove whether the damages were higher.
Mr Smathers was fired by AOL in June 2004. He was said to have used another employee's access code to steal the list of AOL customers in 2003 from its headquarters in Dulles, Virginia.
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£15k for 92M screen names and email addresses? Not exactly a shrewd businessman is he 
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18-08-2005, 15:05
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Re: Ex-AOL employee jailed
wonder if those who think personal details are only sold in Indian callcentres will take note of this....
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18-08-2005, 15:53
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Re: Ex-AOL employee jailed
Well it shows this country is taking action when it happens, I have not heard of people been jailed in india for it.
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18-08-2005, 15:57
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Re: Ex-AOL employee jailed
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Well it shows this country is taking action when it happens, I have not heard of people been jailed in india for it.
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This country? Don't you mean that country, it happened in the US. 
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18-08-2005, 18:19
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Re: Ex-AOL employee jailed
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Well it shows this country is taking action when it happens, I have not heard of people been jailed in india for it.
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This country? Don't you mean that country, it happened in the US. |
LOL I thought the $ signs would have given it away 
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19-08-2005, 13:42
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Re: Ex-AOL employee jailed
In that case its still not on our shores 
But still if you know the guys in india who did fraud got jailed then please tell, if not it shows that the US treats it more seriously.
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