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Job Seeking Hacker Gets 30 Months In Prison
wiredmikey writes "A hacker who tried to land an IT job at Marriott by hacking into the company's computer systems, and then unwisely extorting the company into hiring him, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. The hacker started his malicious quest to land a job at Marriott by sending an email to Marriott containing documents taken after hacking into Marriott servers to prove his claim. He then threatened to reveal confidential information he obtained if Marriott did not give him a job in the company's IT department. He was granted a job interview, but little did he know, Marriott worked with the U.S. Secret Service to create a fictitious Marriott employee for use by the Secret Service in an undercover operation to communicate with the hacker. He then was flown in for a face-to-face 'interview' where he admitted more and shared details of how he hacked in. He was then arrested and he pleaded guilty back in November 2011. Marriott claims the incident cost the company between $400,000 and $1 million in salaries, consultant expenses and other costs."
Blackmail is blackmail whatever method is used to carry it out. Thinking that you're some sort of "lee7" hacker doesn't change the rules. Besides which, this guy comes off as an arrogant moron anyway.
Hard to blame him. After Obama fucks up the job market so bad and lies about unemployment numbers (people dropping out of the workforce doesn't mean "more jobs" created), some people get desperate. Guess if your desperete enough prison is a roof over your head and 3 meals a day.
IT should be a 'business enabler' ... I often need to send encrypted files (because the policies of my customers don't allow me to send the docs un-encrypted). And those files are often blocked ... Do you really think there is a danger? Hackers targeting your company would simply send the latest 0-day, which your anti-virus wouldn't catch anyway. I don't care about little Hitlers in IT that talk about staff as 'The user has no basis or justification to' ... WTF! Anything the user needs for business you should provide! And that doesn't mean that he/she can get anything he/she wants, but instead of 'being reasonable' and blocking everything you should provide a solution to enable that user in secure file-sharing with people if there is a business need... And yes, my docs are confidential and none of you IT monkeys should be able to read them ...
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So Obama didn't give the failed banks trillions of our dollars, more than doubling the deficit while they laughed their way back to the bank? Oh wait! And lets not forget about his bullshit "stimulus" packages that do nothing but delay the inevitable. How much did that cost again?