US Bot Herder Admits Infecting 250K Machines 206
AceCaseOR writes "In Los Angeles criminal court, security consultant John Schiefer, 26, has admitted infecting the systems of his clients with viruses to form a botnet containing a maximum of 250,000 systems. Schiefer used his zombies to steal users' PayPal usernames and passwords to make unauthorized purchases, as well as to install adware on their computers without their consent. Schiefer agreed to plead guilty to four felony charges of accessing protected computers to commit fraud, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud, and bank fraud. He will be sentenced Dec. 3 and faces up to 60 years in prison and a fine of $1.75 million."
from the article (Score:5, Funny)
As a feminist, and a grandmother, i resent that.
Unfortunately, I was a victim (Score:4, Funny)
Is 60 years long enough? (Score:1, Funny)
certification? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Corrupting the mind of youths (Score:4, Funny)
Re:broken justice? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:He did the crime....he should do the time (Score:1, Funny)
Re:"security consultant" John Schiefer (Score:5, Funny)
Re:certification? (Score:2, Funny)
Peripatetic. But that's neither here nor there.
Re:"security consultant" John Schiefer (Score:3, Funny)
Wait, do you mean to tell me that such people actually exist? Doesn't sound plausible to me.
Re:"security consultant" John Schiefer (Score:5, Funny)
If you need any help telling the real consultants from the phony ones, just contact me, I'm a Consultant Consultant, although our industry association is considering a name change to "Consultant 3.0".
Thx
Re:Whoa! (Score:4, Funny)
Of course one might ask how many polar bears Google itself has on its conscience but that's the wrong response to give at the interview.
Re:Corrupting the mind of youths (Score:1, Funny)
You're probably right. I forget how old I was when I first corrupted my body as a youth.