http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080922-1725-bn22indict.html UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM September 22, 2008 SAN DIEGO - A Solana Beach man was arraigned Monday in federal court after being indicted for computer intrusion and extortion, officials said. Bruce Mengler, 60, was arrested Friday after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Authorities said he intentionally caused damage to a protected computer of Maserati North America and also extorted the company in early 2008. The indictment states that Mengler hacked into the company's Web site on or about March 9 and identified potential customers' personal identification numbers and contact information. The company had mailed fliers to potential customers inviting them to test drive Maserati vehicles and receive gift certificates redeemable at Omaha Steaks. Those customers were directed to visit the company's Web site and enter a unique personal identification number printed on the flyer in order to receive the gift certificates, officials said. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Sep 23 2008 - 22:06:07 PDT
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