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Former Gucci Employee Charged in Computer Hacking Case
2011-04-05 06:26

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576243312850500374.html By Chad Bray The Wall Street Journal April 5, 2011 NEW YORK -- A former Gucci America Inc. computer network engineer was charged with remotely taking over the company's computers, shutting down servers and deleting emails, Manhattan prosecutors said on Monday. Sam Chihlung Yun, 34 years old, allegedly created an account in the name of a fictional employee and used it to access the company's network after he was fired in May 2010, prosecutors said. He allegedly caused more than $200,000 in diminished productivity, as well as remediation costs, prosecutors said. "Computer hacking is not a game," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said. "It is a serious threat to corporate security that can have a devastating effect on personal privacy, jobs, and the ability of a business to function at all." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/


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