Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Article: US Charges AOL Worker Sold Customer List for Spam

Most security folks will tell you that violations of privacy are often an inside job. Further evidence:

Yahoo! News - US Charges AOL Worker Sold Customer List for Spam:

"Jason Smathers of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has been charged with stealing a list of 92 million AOL customer screen names and selling them to Internet marketer Sean Dunaway of Las Vegas, said David Kelley, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in a statement. "

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