Dark_Matter Posted February 9, 2006 CID Share Posted February 9, 2006 Also got this from http://irc-junkie.org William Genovese, 27 a man from Meriden, Conn. has been convicted to two years jail for selling source code from Windows NT and 2000. We reported about William Genovese on the 10th and 13th of November 2004. Genovese was selling chuncks of source code from Microsoft which were leaked and popped up on IRC and P2P networks from his website, www.illmob.org. He has stated he was putting the code on his website with only a button to donate to the website. "They're using me as an example, to show if you do something like this, they're going to [work] you over. Why go after me? Why not go after the guy who took the code? Why not go after the guy who released it on the net?" Genovese has stated back then. A security firm hired by Microsoft bought the code, and then relayed the information over to the FBI who again bought the code after which Genovese was arrested. Genovese heard his conviction last Friday, being two years jail. Mark Rasch, a former prosecutor at the Department of Justice he should not have pleaded guilty, which Genovese decided to do. According to Rasch, the source code was already widely available so no harm was done by Genovese. Genovese was convicted several times in the past for hacking computers and was at the time of arrest in probation. It is still unknown who actually stole the source code. It is most likely a partner of Microsoft as the company denies a hack in any of its servers. After a long rant on his website where Genovese explains he is convinced to come out of jail as a cybercriminal working for the mafia, he ends with "i'll see you guys in 24 months." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted February 9, 2006 CID Share Posted February 9, 2006 They just can't get the other guys, so they'll use the next best thing: a scapegoat, but a guilty one this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 Lol I was reading his site, its funny that the like microsoft guy bought the paris hilton video too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubaseball727 Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 It's funny how he thinks the government isn't gonna be watching him like a hawk when he gets out... he thinks he'll then install spyware and hack into bank accounts... pretty stubborn I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted February 10, 2006 CID Share Posted February 10, 2006 Technically he didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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