Man pleads guilty to hacking into Marriott PCs

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45421914/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Federal prosecutors say a Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to
hacking into a corporation's computers and extorting the firm for a
job.

Twenty-six-year-old Attila Nemeth pleaded guilty Wednesday to
transmitting a malicious code and threatening to reveal confidential
information. He will be sentenced on Feb. 3.

According to his plea agreement, Nemeth told Marriott International
Inc. in November 2010 that he had been accessing Marriott's computers
for months. He said he had proprietary information and threatened to
reveal it if Marriott did not give him a job.

According to the plea deal, Marriott and the U.S. Secret Service
created a fake account and communicated with Nemeth. In January,
Nemeth arrived at Dulles Airport on a ticket purchased by Marriott,
for what he thought was a job interview. He was arrested.
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