Ex-Con Returns to Jail for Hacking Prison Computers

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Meet Francis Janosko, a former inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts who was arrested by the FBI last week in North Carolina for allegedly accessing systems on the prison's computer network without authorization and stealing confidential data, including the Social Security numbers and other personal information of about 1,100 current and former prison workers.

Janosko, 42, was charged with one count of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft. If convicted on both charges, he faces up to 12 years in prison and a fine of up to US$250,000.

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I guess he just can't help it!

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gainza34 wrote:
I guess he just can't help it!

Isn't that what pedophiles say about their actions?

~silverwing

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