Microsoft Tricks Hacker Into Jail

Posted by Zonk on Monday January 30, 2006 @12:29AM from the ha-ha dept.

CompotatoJ writes "Wired News reported that William 'IllWill' Genovese was sentenced to prison after being tricked by a Microsoft Investigator offering to pay $20 for a copy of the secret source code. From the article: 'The investigator then returned and arranged a second $20 transaction for an FBI agent, which led to Genovese's indictment under the U.S. Economic Espionage Act, which makes it a felony to sell a company's stolen trade secrets ... [Microsoft] has also expressed fears that making its source code public could allow hackers to find security holes in Microsoft products -- though, so far, intruders are doing fine without the source.'"

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William Gates... by fitchmicah · 2006-01-30 01:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

...deserves to get donkey punched
Tricks? Hacker? by vandenh · 2006-01-30 02:21 · Score: 0, Flamebait

This guy is just a thief.. selling illegal stuff on the internet. No excuse!

Please note he also has a string of previous offenses. Please don't let your hate for MS turn this guy somehow into a hero.