Scott Levine, the main accused in the Acxiom hacking case, has been charged in "a 144-count indictment of conspiracy, unauthorized access of a protected computer, access device fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice".
Levine is accused of hacking into the systems of Little Rock-based Acxiom Corp., a company that manages personal, financial, and corporate data for its clients. According to the indictment, Levine and others at his Snipermail.com firm stole megabytes of data over a 16-month period during 2002 and 2003 and caused about $7 million in damages to Acxiom.
According to the Department of Justice, Levine "effectively controlled" Snipermail.com, a spam-sending company which has since unplugged its Web site.
Internet Week has this report.
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