U.S. Database Hacker Faces Jail and $2.75M Fine
Robert Jacques writes on vnunet.com:
A US man has been charged with stealing the membership database held at the American College of Physicians (ACP) in Philadelphia.More here.
William Bailey Jr, of North Carolina, faces a maximum 55 years in jail and a $2.75m fine if found guilty of illegally accessing the database and downloading the contact details of 80,000 members.
Bailey, 46, runs a website called dr-411.com which sells professional organisation member databases, including home addresses and email details for doctors, dentists, lawyers and estate agents.
IT security firm Sophos reported that Bailey's website, which is currently not active, contained adverts for email databases, one of which read: 'Physician Email Database 20,350 emails for $399'.
posted by Fergie @ 7/25/2006 08:22:00 AM
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