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   [follow-up] USC Hacker Gets 6 Months Of Home Detention
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   From: "Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>
   Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:45:21 -0500 (EST)
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http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_355195822.html

A 24-year-old computer security expert was sentenced Thursday to six
months of home detention under electronic monitoring for hacking into
USCʼs application system and accessing personal information about
would-be students.

[...]

The database contained about 270,000 records with names and Social
Security numbers, according to USC.

Prosecutors have said that shortly after hacking into USCʼs computers
in June 2005, McCarty posted a comment on his blog stating "USC Got
Hacked, I was involved, Iʼm sorry, my bad, so all the hot USC girls, I
got your phone number ladies ..."

On McCartyʼs home computer, federal investigators found that he had
downloaded files containing data about seven people. In addition to
names and Social Security numbers, the records included addresses and
dates of birth, according to the government.

[...]

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