Security News > 2010 > June > Cyber Crime Centre catches Lower Hutt hacker

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3832728/Cyber-Crime-Centre-catches-Lower-Hutt-hacker By CLAIRE McENTEE BusinessDay.co.nz 21/06/2010 A former information technology employee of a Lower Hutt sauce and condiment manufacturer has been fined more than $8000 after hacking into the firm's network and accessing private emails. The case is the National Cyber Crime Centre's first prosecution and conviction. Geraint Jones, an IT systems engineer, was employed to build an IT network for Groenz, formerly French Maid Foods, in 2004, and worked there until September 2008, according to court documents. From that point he carried out consultancy work for the firm on a contract basis, but Groenz terminated the relationship in July 2009 after he had a falling-out with management over a telecommunications contract. In September he hacked into the firm's system, and destroyed its phone server -- wiping out phone data. A search warrant carried out by the cyber crime centre revealed that Jones had also accessed emails between Groenz management about him, and between Groenz and the centre about him, as well as emails between the managing director and his daughter. [...] _________________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit http://www.blackhat.com

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