Former IT manager sent to prison for hacking employer. A former IT manager for a law firm in Tampa, Florida, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for committing computer intrusions causing damage of at least $120,000. The court also ordered the convict to pay restitution of $120,000 to Consuegra Law Firm. He will also be placed on supervised release for 3 years after completing his sentence.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge August 19. According to court documents, CLF fired him August 13, 2009, for deleting files off a computer belonging to the human resources manager. The deletions happened after the convict had been counseled by his managers for unacceptable behavior.
On at least four different occasions, he accessed CFL’s computers by unauthorized means and destroyed and deleted data on the company servers. He also disabled operating systems and deleted CFL’s e-mail accounts and other records. FBI agents interviewed the convict November 24, 2009, and after first denying any involvement, he admitted to accessing an open wireless network from his home using his computer to access the CLF computer servers.
Source: http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/11/04/former-it-manager-sent-toprison-%20for-hacking-employer/
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