Best Buy Extortionist Loses in Court
Declan McCullagh writes in C|Net News:
Thomas Eli Ray was convicted of attempting to extort $2.5 million from Best Buy by threatening to exploit a breach in its computer security. He appealed the conviction, saying someone else sent the e-mails.
Best Buy received a series of e-mail messages in October 2003 demanding $2.5 million to prevent its computers from being trashed. The company called the FBI.
Federal agents traced the e-mail messages to three different accounts, one belonging to Ray.
During a Nov. 22, 2005 appeals hearing, his conviction was upheld by a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
posted by Fergie @ 12/02/2005 08:18:00 AM
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