Suspect charged in connection to Windows code leak
InternetNews | at | by Mike
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said it arrested a Meriden, Conn., man on charges of trying to sell Microsoft's Windows NT and 2000 source code after it was leaked onto the Internet earlier this year. Officials said they charged William Genovese, 27, with one count of unlawfully distributing a trade secret. His site, illmob.org, contains dozens of questionable code snippets, including software Trojans and other cracker tools.
If convicted, Genovese could, under the Economic Espionage Act, spend 10 years in prison and pay $250,000 in fines, though the complaint states Microsoft could get up to twice the gross loss resulting from the offense.