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WebTV Hacker Gets Six Months
David Jeansonne from Louisiana was sentenced to six months in prison for spreading a malicious program that caused WebTV customers to call 911.
The program changed the subscribers' WebTV numbers so that they dialed 911 instead of WebTV. This caused police to send officers on at least 10 separate occasions in 2002.
Jeansonne pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging computers and causing a public safety threat.
According to a vnunet.com article,
"He was ordered to pay Microsoft more than $27,100, and US District Judge Ronald M Whyte sentenced Jeansonne to serve an additional six months' home detention.
The WebTV service, which has been rebranded as MSN TV, allows subscribers to connect to the internet using their televisions. Jeansonne's Trojan was emailed to users in 2002, posing as a program which would change colours on their TV screens."
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