[pchelpers] News:Hacker faces jail for Trojan horse

Possible five years inside and $250k fine

Matt Chapman, vnunet.com 23 Feb 2007


A US man has pleaded guilty to charges of writing and distributing a
Trojan horse designed to steal usernames and passwords.

Richard C Honour, 31, faces a maximum five years in prison and a
$250,000 fine after admitting releasing the malware.

The Trojan affected users of the DarkMyst IRC chatroom, which is popular
with online gamers. 

Using the name 'Fyle/Anatoly', Honour sent messages to other IRC users
claiming to contain links to online movies.

More here:
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/news/2184082/hacker-takes-rap-trojan-horse
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