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Techie seeks job by using malware, blackmail
A 26-year-old Hungarian citizen is being detained in the US for infecting the computers of hotel giant Marriott and attempting gain a job by blackmail.
By Liam Tung | 29 November, 2011 09:11
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Laid-off sysadmin admits blackmailing mutual fund company
A systems administrator pleaded guilty in a US federal court Monday to charges that he tried to extort an undisclosed amount of money and even good job references out of a New York-based mutual fund company that had just laid him off.
By Sharon Gaudin | 29 April, 2009 08:24
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