Follow-Up: Former San Jose Intern Pleads Guilty in Hacking Case
Brandon Bailey writes in The Mercury News:
A former San Jose City Council intern will perform 50 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of hacking into a city e-mail system last fall.More here.
Eric Hernandez, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday after Superior Court Judge Jerome Nadler granted a defense motion to reduce the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. Nadler said he granted the motion based on the young man's lack of a prior criminal record and the circumstances of the offense.
Hernandez, who had interned for Councilman Sam Liccardo last summer, admitted to police earlier this year that he made unauthorized use of a password to troll through city e-mail accounts from his home computer, looking for political dirt to spread about his former boss's girlfriend. Police reported that Hernandez broke into the account of city staffer Jessica Garcia-Kohl more than 100 times.
posted by Fergie @ 3/26/2008 08:35:00 PM
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