24 year old software engineer does prison time for data leakage and on-sell

Synopsis

In 2005, an ex-employee was found guilty stealing 92 million screen names and email addresses and selling them to 'spammers' who then proceeded to send up to 7 billion unsolicited emails to the victims. He was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in pris...

Companies

  • AOL, Inc.

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