[ISN] Inmate 'fesses to prison computer hack

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/16/prison_computer_hack_guilty_plea/

By John Leyden
The Register
16th September 2009

A former US inmate has pleaded guilty to hacking into the prison's 
computer system to obtain the personal data of more than 1,100 prison 
service workers.

Francis G Janosko, 43, of Halifax and Plymouth, Massachussets, confessed 
to computer hacking offences on Tuesday. In return, charges of 
aggravated identity theft were dropped.

Even so, he is looking at a possible 18-month spell inside, followed by 
three years on probation, at a sentencing hearing on 15 December, 
according to local reports.

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