AOL ex-employee pleads guilty to data theft

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A former AOL employee pleaded guilty on Friday to the theft of 92 million screen names – representing AOL's entire customer base – and their subsequent sale to spammers. He is likely to face between 18 months and two years in prison, according to the Associated Press.

Jason Smathers, 24, from West Virginia, was arrested in June 2004 and charged with the theft and sale of the names to spammer Sean Dunaway, 21, from Las Vegas. Dunaway, according to prosecutors, used the email addresses to ... (187 more words)

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