02-28-2007, 11:00 AM
Quote:Two hackers who developed and sold code that tracked users of MySpace aimed to make it big by offering their services as high-priced "consultants" after the social networking site sent them a cease-and-desist letter. Instead, they found themselves facing potential jail terms as extortionists...
A pair of hackers arrested last year for trying to extort US$150,000 from MySpace.com have struck a deal that will spare them jail time. The two pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court to the lesser charge of illegal computer access.
Prosecutors agreed to drop extortion charges that could have resulted in four-year jail terms. Instead, the defendants, Shaun Harrison, 19, and Saverio Mondelli, 20, both of Suffolk County, New York, received three years probation...
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