A pair of hackers arrested last year for trying to extort $150,000 from MySpace.com have struck a deal that will spare them jail time. The two pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court to the lesser charge of illegal computer access. Prosecutors agreed to drop extortion charges that could have resulted in four-year jail terms. Instead, the defendants, Shaun Harrison, 19, and Saverio Mondelli, 20, both of Suffolk County, New York, received three years probation.
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Hackers Dodge Slammer in MySpace Extortion Case
Posted by: Tim Gray February 27, 2007 02:12 PMA pair of hackers arrested last year for trying to extort $150,000 from MySpace.com have struck a deal that will spare them jail time. The two pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court to the lesser charge of illegal computer access. Prosecutors agreed to drop extortion charges that could have resulted in four-year jail terms. Instead, the defendants, Shaun Harrison, 19, and Saverio Mondelli, 20, both of Suffolk County, New York, received three years probation.