http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/251661/british_man_pleads_guilty_to_hacking_pregnancy_services_agency.html By Jeremy Kirk IDG-News-Service March 11, 2012 A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty on Saturday in a British court to hacking the website of a reproductive health services agency, obtaining the details of people who had registered on the website. James Jeffery, of Wednesbury in the West Midlands, pleaded guilty to two offenses of gaining unauthorized access to a computer under the Computer Misuse Act of 1990, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Service. A sentencing date has not been set. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) said in a statement it detected 26,000 attempts on Thursday to break into its website over a six-hour period. The website was also defaced with a logo of Anonymous, the hacker collective that saw several of its alleged highly skilled members charged last Tuesday by U.S. authorities. Jeffery, who was arrested early Friday, did not obtain "medical or personal information relating to women who had received treatment at BPAS," the agency said. However, its website stored names, addresses and phone numbers of people who requested information on services such as contraception, abortion, and sterilization. [...] ______________________________________________________________________________ ISSMP, CISSP, and Certified Ethical Hacker training with Expanding Security gives the best training and support. Get a free live class invite weekly. Best program, best price. http://www.ExpandingSecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Tue Mar 13 2012 - 01:27:21 PDT
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