Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup

Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-11-11

A 27-year-old Connecticut man facing felony economic espionage charges for allegedly selling a copy of Microsoft's leaked source code for $20 says he's being singled out only because the software giant and law enforcement officials can't find the people who stole the code in the first place.

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Defendant: Microsoft source code 'sale' was a setup 2004-11-12
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"They're using me as an example, to show if you do something like this, they're going to [work] you over," said William Genovese, in a telephone interview Thursday. "Why go after me? Why not go after the guy who took the code? Why not go after the guy who released it on the net?"

-- Umm, because you tried to sell it. What were you thinking Mr.Genovese? You knew this was illegal to begin with. A smart person would be encrypting this data and storing it on a medium that would make it difficult for law enforcement to find. A smart person would be very paranoid about even having this data in their posession in case they were singled out. Bragging about having it and then offering it up on your website doesn't make you sound smart. I don't care what the previous poster said about meeting you at the hacker conference... you're stupid for bragging about it.

Welcome to the wonderful world of prison.

You asked for it.

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
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