Student Charged With Hacking Email Accounts, Blackmailing Other Students
By Adam Dodge - Posted on November 17th, 2008
Quick Facts
- Date: 11/17/2008
- Institution: University of the Cumberlands
- Type of Incident: Penetration
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky Attorney General Press Release
Abstract
A University of the Cumberlands student has been arrested and charged with hacking into student email accounts and using the information to blackmail these students. According to a press release from the Office of the Attorney General, Sungkook Kim was charged with identity theft and unlawful access to a computer following an investigation by the AG's cybercrime unit and the Williamsburg police. The investigation discovered that Kim had installed spyware on campus library computers to capture user IDs and passwords of students and faculty using the computers.
Tagged: University of the Cumberlands
• 2008
• Personally Identifying Information
• Pogo Was Right
• Unauthorized Disclosure
• Usernames and Passwords
