Ex-AOL Worker Gets A Year For Selling 92 Million Screen Names And E-mail Addresses…
Associated Press:
A 25-year-old former America Online employee who admitted he became a cyberspace "outlaw" when he sold all 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses to spammers was sentenced Wednesday to a year and three months in prison.
"I know I've done something very wrong," the soft-spoken and teary eyed Jason Smathers told U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein as he apologized for a theft that resulted in spammers sending out up to 7 billion unsolicited e-mails.
First Posted: 08-18-05 08:52 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM