[ISN] Company sues unknown computer hackers

[InfoSec News]

http://www.wvrecord.com/news/newsview.asp?c=174679

By Chris Dickerson 
Charleston Bureau 
February 13, 2006

CHARLESTON - A North Carolina company with a Charleston office is
suing unnamed hackers who they say broke into their computer system.

WeSave Inc. filed the lawsuit Jan. 24 in Kanawha Circuit Court.  
WeSave, which has an office at 208 Capitol Street, operates discount
and loyalty programs for public employees.

The suit says that on Jan. 19, hackers believed to be West Virginians
using a certain Internet protocol address accessed the computer
systems of Freedom Voice Systems of Encinitas, Calif. That company
operates under contract with WeSave to receive facsimile transmissions
on its behalf and to forward that information to WeSave.

"Hackers accessed this system and deleted certain information belong
to WeSave with the intent to alter, tamper with, delete, damage and
destroy information knowingly and willfully without the authorization
of WeSave in violation of the West Virginia Computer Crime and Abuse
Act," the company, represented by attorney David Allen Barnette, says
in the suit.

The company also claims the hackers disrupted and degraded the
computer services and denied WeSave computer transmissions in
violation of West Virginia Computer Crime and Abuse Act.

WeSave says it is entitled to recovery for each hacking violation,
including compensatory and punitive damages and other relief,
including injunctive relief.

WeSave seeks a judgment in amount to be proven at trial, plus pre- and
post-judgment interest, punitive damages and other relief, including
injunctive relief.

The company requests a jury trial.

The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Charlie King.

Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 06-C-117

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