Akill pleads guilty to all charges adware scheme


	Akill pleads guilty to all charges adware scheme

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3-31-2008 9:34 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ccff00;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/462a7891-5887-4ffd-bf59-1178c32d2a44/DE8AA11A-B530-43CC-8CC1-5EB0610A56D0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A" href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A" style="font-size: 11px;">computerworld.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A"><H1>Akill pleads guilty to all charges</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A"><H2>Whitianga teen to be sentenced on May 28</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">Owen Walker, the 18-year-old Whitianga resident also known as Akill, has pleaded guilty to all charges he was facing under the Crimes Act for his part in attacking the University of Pennsylvania’s computer system and in a global adware scheme.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">Walker pleaded guilty in the Thames District Court this morning to accessing a computer system with the intention of dishonestly obtaining payment for the installation of adware, accessing a computer system without authorisation, and several other charges related to his role in the attacks.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">The pre-sentence report would cover home detention, community detention and community work, said Judge Arthur Tompkins.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/A4C8AD60A514BC88CC25741D007C894A"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana">If reparation is ordered, Walker's share would be around $8,000, says the documents.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DE8AA11A-B530-43CC-8CC1-5EB0610A56D0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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