Guest JMT Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 2 Teens Charged With MySpace.com ExtortionBy Associated Press Posted May 25 2006, 12:02 AM EDT LOS ANGELES -- Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them $150,000, prosecutors said. Shaun Harrison, 18, and Saverio Mondelli, 19, of Suffolk County, N.Y. allegedly hacked into the social networking site and stole personal information from MySpace users. After MySpace booted them from the site, the pair threatened to distribute a foolproof method for stealing information unless MySpace paid them $150,000, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Mondelli and Harrison were arrested Friday when they traveled to Los Angeles to allegedly collect the payoff. Instead, they were taken into custody by undercover officers from the multi-agency electronic crimes task force who posed as MySpace employees. Each was charged with two felony counts of illegal computer access and one count of sending a threatening letter for extortion and attempted extortion. They face more than four years in prison if convicted of all charges, prosecutors said. Mondelli and Harrison entered not guilty pleas at their arraignment Tuesday. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge set bail at $35,000 and set a preliminary hearing for June 5. MySpace.com, owned by News Corp., allows users to post photos, blogs and journals and create networks of friends. sun-sentinel.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HouseJunkie Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Guess they're not that smart after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macboy Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 2 Teens Charged With MySpace.com ExtortionShaun Harrison, 18, and Saverio Mondelli, 19, of Suffolk County, N.Y. allegedly hacked into the social networking site and stole personal information from MySpace users. Since I don't use myspace, some explain this to me. What personal information? What do you have to divulge to myspace in order to join? Why would anyone join this site if they had to divulge personal information other than what they actually put on their public page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lulamishka Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 The only other personal information I can think of that I've given to MySpace that isn't publicly mentioned on my profile is my e-mail address.They don't have my home address, phone number, social security info, credit card # etc. So I can't think of what other personal info would be sooo important that would be worth extorting for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Civs Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 man these kids spend too much time behing a PC and not enough in front of TV. to go and collect the money themselves. dumb move. hopefully while in jail they can watch some movies and learn how to collect the ransom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 I imagine while in jail they'll have little time to look at movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swirlundergrounder Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 $150,000 that's all they wanted? I thought someone just bought myspace for $500 million dollars? Why not at least try to extort $1,000,000 form them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saintjohn Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 $150' date='000 that's all they wanted?[/quote']That's all they needed for the parts to build their robot. Their girl robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oni1414777741 Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Better yet, one million trillion dollars!Yeah they aren't too bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tres-b Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 I dont think these 2 kids are going to fare well in jail...just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oni1414777741 Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 I dont think these 2 kids are going to fare well in jail...just a guess.Maybe they will have the same judge that let the molester go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xmuzik Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 the money was so that they could afford the retail price of a PS3 come christmas....its $150,000 with 1 control & no game, but its gonna be so much better than a XBOX 360 $150,000 that's all they wanted?That's all they needed for the parts to build their robot. Their girl robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 $150,000 that's all they wanted?That's all they needed for the parts to build their robot. Their girl robot.hahahahaha good one ;Dwait wait wait....there's nothing "wrong" with a girl robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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