http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228134/blackmailing-hacker-hijacks By Iain Thomson in San Francisco vnunet.com 14 Oct 2008 Guests at a luxury hotel owned by the Thompson Group could see their private emails published online, according to court documents filed last week. The documents detail how a hacker set up an open Wi-Fi portal at the hotel and snooped on web emails that were sent through the system. The hacker then attempted to extort money from the hotel chain by threatening to publish the emails. "On 30 September the defendant sent an email to one of the principles of Thompson," the court documents read. "That email taunted the plaintiff about the defendant's receipt of the unauthorised information, attempted to embarrass key employees of Thompson and contained an implied threat to further disseminate the stolen emails to the public. "Indeed, in an attempt to embarrass Thompson, the defendant sent the material it stole to at least one third party." [...] __________________________________________________ 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 Oct 14 2008 - 22:23:41 PDT
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