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Quote:A New York teenager broke into AOL networks and databases containing customer information and infected servers with a malicious program to transfer confidential data to his computer, AOL and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office allege.

In a complaint filed in Criminal Court of the City of New York, the DA's office alleges that between December 24, 2006 and April 7, 2007, 17-year old Mike Nieves committed offenses like computer tampering, computer trespass, and criminal possession of computer material.

Among his alleged exploits:

* Accessing systems containing customer billing records, addresses, and credit card information

* Infecting machines at an AOL customer support call center in New Delhi, India, with a program to funnel information back to his PC...

full article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/2...aol_1.html