AOL man sold 92m email addies
p2pnet.net News:- Former AOL software engineer Jason Smathers, 24, said to have stolen 92 million screen names and then sold them for $28,000, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen property.
He’s been up before but last time around, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in New York wasn’t sure whether or not a crime had been committed.
Smathers now faces up 15 years inside and up to $500,000 in fines at a May 20 hearing, “although federal guidelines call for significantly less,” says CNN.
“The government accused Smathers of using the ID code of another AOL employee to access a database in May 2003 and sell stolen information about all 30 million AOL subscribers to a co-conspirator, says CNN. “The other man, Sean Dunaway, 21, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was accused of using the names to send spam promoting his Internet gambling business. He is also accused of reselling the list of names. Charges are pending against Dunaway. A court date is expected to be set next month.”
Smathers sold the names to Dunaway who used them to promote his offshore gambling site before selling them on to other spammers, says The Register, adding:
“The Judge is unlikely to be sympathetic, he cancelled his own AOL subscription back in December because of the amount of spam in his inbox.”
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See:-
$500,000 – Ex-AOL employee pleads guilty in spam case, CNN, February 7, 2005
sympathetic- AOL man pleads guilty to selling 92m email addies. The Register, February 7, 2005
February 7th, 2005 at 11:38 pm
This guy is a putz on so many levels. I hope he gets a BIG dent in his head when the judge throws the book at him. Here’s wishing him and his future prison hubbys all the best.
February 8th, 2005 at 3:58 am
Only one way to STOP this sort of thing “Cut Off His Balls”
February 10th, 2005 at 12:05 pm
“The Judge is unlikely to be sympathetic, he cancelled his own AOL subscription back in December because of the amount of spam in his inbox.”
thats besides the point . it just makes you feel all warm and cozy that your parents acounts can be taken out so easy
my parents are too old for that.
someone needs to make an isp thats setup like aol but with cheaper/faster connections . when i say setup , i mean the whole kaboodle …
also , make it flippin able to be used for linux too.
maybe a p2p isp