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LONDON (AFP) - A British teenager has been given a two-month curfew and made subject to electronic tagging after admitting a mass email attack against a major insurance company which had earlier sacked him.
David Lennon admitted sending around five million emails over a five-day period in 2004, leading to the collapse of the Domestic and General Group's mail server, which processed company emails in Britain, France, Germany and Spain.
A youth court in Wimbledon, southwest London, was told the disruption had cost the company around 30,000 pounds (44,000 euros, 57,000 dollars).
The emails purported to come from employees and the head of Microsoft, Bill Gates. They also contained a quote from supernatural film "The Ring".
The teenager, from Bedworth, west central England, pleaded guilty to a charge under Britain's Computer Misuse Act of "causing an unauthorised modification to a computer".
Lennon was 16 at the time of the offence and a former part-time employee of the insurance firm. He had been dismissed from the company in 2003.
The Metropolitan Police's Computer Crime Unit said it was the first time a successful prosecution had been brought for this type of offence.
Domestic and General's main business is providing warranty protection on domestic appliances, electrical equipment and gas central heating systems.
A game I would love to see , me hopes chelsea do the biz this time round 
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Cracking |
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| Woody wrote: | LONDON (AFP) - A British teenager has been given a two-month curfew and made subject to electronic tagging after admitting a mass email attack against a major insurance company which had earlier sacked him.
David Lennon admitted sending around five million emails over a five-day period in 2004, leading to the collapse of the Domestic and General Group's mail server, which processed company emails in Britain, France, Germany and Spain.
A youth court in Wimbledon, southwest London, was told the disruption had cost the company around 30,000 pounds (44,000 euros, 57,000 dollars).
The emails purported to come from employees and the head of Microsoft, Bill Gates. They also contained a quote from supernatural film "The Ring".
The teenager, from Bedworth, west central England, pleaded guilty to a charge under Britain's Computer Misuse Act of "causing an unauthorised modification to a computer".
Lennon was 16 at the time of the offence and a former part-time employee of the insurance firm. He had been dismissed from the company in 2003.
The Metropolitan Police's Computer Crime Unit said it was the first time a successful prosecution had been brought for this type of offence.
Domestic and General's main business is providing warranty protection on domestic appliances, electrical equipment and gas central heating systems.
A game I would love to see , me hopes chelsea do the biz this time round |
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