Acxiom database hacker jailed for 8 years

Prosecutors described the case as the “largest ever invasion and theft of personal data” ever tried. In court, Levine and Snipermail.com were accused of stealing 1.6bn customer records containing details of the names, addresses and emails of millions of Americans from Acxiom databases during a total of 137 hack attacks between January and July 2003. He was not accused of involvement in identity theft but some of the data was resold to a broker for use in a spamming campaign.

1.6 Billion records stolen and he get’s only 8 years? That’s hardly a punishment when you put things in to perspective. Hopefully they have updated their security since then, though. Read more at The Register.