Monday, January 30, 2006

Hacker gets 2 years

A federal judge Friday sentenced a convicted hacker known as "illwill" to <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/01/27/microsoft.hacker.reut/index.html">two years in prison</A> for selling the code, or software blueprint, for Microsoft Corp.'s closely guarded Windows programs. William Genovese, Jr., 29, pleaded guilty last year to one count of unlawful distribution of trade secrets for putting Microsoft's source code for its Windows 4.0 and Windows 2000 programs on his Web site and selling it. The plea agreement called for a sentence ranging from 10 months to 30 months in federal prison.

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