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Software Exec Takes Fall for Hacking
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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:14:10 -0600 (CST)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Software-Exec-Takes-Fall-for-Hacking/ By Roy Mark eWEEK.com 2008-12-23 Platte River Associates President Jay E. Leonard sentenced to 12 months supervised probation and a $2,500 fine after pleading guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer. Platte River Associates, meanwhile, is facing charges of violating the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba. The president of a Boulder, Colo., firm that develops software used in oil and gas exploration was sentenced Dec. 22 for hacking the computer system of a rival firm. Jay E. Leonard, 61, was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation and fined $2,500. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Leonard used a wireless network connection at Houston International Airport to access a password-protected computer belonging to Zetaware, a rival of Platte River Associates. Shortly after the hack, Leonard chaired a company meeting in which, according to the plea agreement, "A tentative plan was discussed to exploit and to unlawfully utilize the downloaded Zetaware files for the economic gain of Platte River Associates." Leonard faced a maximum of one year in prison, a $100,000 fine and restitution to Zetaware. [...] _______________________________________________ Help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.html
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