[Dataloss] Hacker gets 5 years for accessing Army computers

lyger lyger at attrition.org
Thu Oct 19 19:27:59 EDT 2006


(We should probably backfill this into DLDOS for 2003, still searching for 
info.  Courtesy Dissent from pogowasright.org)

http://www.wvec.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8KRUG782.html

A Wichita man who hacked into 13 U.S. Army computers to steal credit card 
numbers and account information was sentenced to five years in federal 
prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

Matthew R. Decker, 21, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge J. 
Thomas Marten after pleading guilty in July to reduced charges under a 
plea deal.

Decker pleaded guilty to one count of accessing a protected computer and 
one count of possession of unauthorized credit card account access 
devices.

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