Wyoming Teen Pleads Guilty to Computer Crime - Created Nugache Worm

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via LocalNews8.com (AP).

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A 19-year-old Wyoming resident has pleaded guilty to a felony charge
related to the development of a program that took over thousands of
computers nationwide to steal credit card information.

Jason Milmont of Cheyenne pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Casper federal
courtroom to a charge of unauthorized access to a computer to conduct
fraud.

Milmont faces up to five years in prison for the charge. The U.S.
Attorney's Office says Milmont has already agreed to pay more than $73,000
in restitution.

According to prosecutors, Milmont developed a malicious computer code
called the Nugache Worm, a modification of "peer-to-peer" software.

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More:
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=8848336

- - ferg


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