Ericsson hacker sent to Swedish clink paradise
A Hungarian hacker who cracked the Swedish mobile telecommunications group Ericsson was sentenced to three years in prison. The 26-year-old defendant, whose name was not revealed by the court, was convicted on charges of industrial espionage and illegal use of secret information, according to the Swedish news agency TT. The hacker admitted to gaining entry to Ericsson's intranet system illegally but said he did not think he was looking at classified information. He told the wigged ones that he wanted to expose security failings at Ericsson "as a provocation" with the hope of being recruited for a job at the telco. The excuse might have had a bit more substance if he hadn't been collared by Swedish intelligence in 2003 trying to flog some of the information. He was arrested in October 2004 at the airport in Malmo, southern Sweden where investigators had arranged a "business meeting" to buy the information.
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