Web site hacker is sentenced to 6-month term

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0108090215aug09.story?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed

Published August 9, 2001

A disgruntled former employee who hacked into a Chicago company's
Internet site and littered it with pornography and derogatory comments
was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 6 months in prison.

Michael Normington, 32, of Burbank pleaded guilty in April to a
federal charge of accessing a computer without authorization.

Three weeks after he quit his job last year as a Web site developer at
Hinda Incentives, Normington intruded into the company's computer
system and damaged its Web site, said Assistant U.S. Atty. James
Conway. Normington deleted files, redirected certain users to a
pornographic Web site and wrote derogatory comments about customers
and employees, authorities said.

U.S. District Judge John Darrah also ordered Normington to pay
restitution of $38,000 to Hinda Incentives.




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