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Sysadmin under house arrest for blackmailing finance company

A systems administrator accused of trying to blackmail his former employer out of money and even good job references after being laid off was ordered Thursday to remain confined to his home.

| News | Legal | 11/13/08 at 5:15 pm |


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IT worker let spammers into ex-employer's servers

A man has been sentenced to a year in prison for turning his former employer's e-mail servers into open relay systems for spammers.

| News | Security | 11/03/08 at 8:36 pm |


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ICANN delays shutting down spammy Estonian registrar

ICANN will delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review.

| News | Internet | Legal | 10/30/08 at 8:35 am |


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Former worker sentenced for wrecking corporate servers

A 42-year-old Connecticut man was sentenced to prison for sabotaging three servers at his former employer.

| News | Legal | 10/29/08 at 9:04 am |


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