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RE: Men Make Plea Deal in MySpace Extortion Case
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:37:39 -0500
Ok, I'm somewhat of a MySpace newbie... But can't you simply place some code on your myspace page that would track the usual web tracking stuff? Or can you not run custom code at all on myspace? Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:34 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Men Make Plea Deal in MySpace Extortion Case *** PGP SIGNATURE VERIFICATION *** *** Status: Good Signature from Invalid Key *** Alert: Please verify signer's key before trusting signature. *** Signer: Paul Ferguson <paul_ferguson () trendmicro com> (0x63546533) *** Signed: 2/26/2007 10:33:37 PM *** Verified: 2/27/2007 11:34:21 AM *** BEGIN PGP VERIFIED MESSAGE *** Via The Globe and Mail (AP). [snip] Two young Long Island men accused of trying to extort MySpace.com by developing code to track users pleaded no contest Monday to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution. Two counts of attempted extortion and another illegal computer access count were dropped in the deal, which gave the defendants three-year probationary terms. Each had faced up to nearly four years in prison. Shaun Harrison, 19, and Saverio Mondelli, 20, of Suffolk County, were accused of demanding $150,000 (U.S.) as a consulting fee from MySpace. The pair were offering the code as a service on their own website for $29.95 and claimed to be developing an unbreakable version. The popular MySpace social networking site is supposed to offer anonymity, but Mr. Harrison and Mr. Mondelli were offering a means to acquire e-mail addresses and Internet protocol addresses of users, the prosecution said. [snip] More: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070226.wmyspacee0226/B NStory/Technology/ - ferg *** END PGP VERIFIED MESSAGE *** -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Men Make Plea Deal in MySpace Extortion Case Fergie (Feb 26)
- RE: Men Make Plea Deal in MySpace Extortion Case Blanchard_Michael (Feb 27)