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Hacker Tries To Land IT Job At Marriott Via Extortion
wiredmikey writes "A tough global economy has certainly created challenges for many people looking for jobs, but one Hungarian man took things to another level in an effort to gain employment at hotel giant Marriott International. On Wednesday, the 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to charges that he hacked into Marriott computer systems and threatened to reveal confidential company information if Marriott didn't offer him a job. Assuming his efforts were working, with the possibility of a new job with Marriott in his sights, the hacker arrived at Washington Dulles Airport on Jan. 17, 2011, using an airline ticket purchased by Marriott for him. He thought he would be attending a job interview with Marriott personnel. Unbeknown to him, he was actually being 'interviewed' by a Secret Service agent posing as a Marriott employee."
He gambled. He lost.
Are you sure?
In Hungary, they send their unemployed to hard labor camps to get any government assist.
He would have gone from unemployed Hungarian resident to Hungarian resident with a free trip to the US, now he gets a free taxpayer-paid vacation in an American prison for 5 or 10 years with no hard labor required.
It's a gamble regarding what the economy will be like after that, but his employment problem is solved.