MSN TV Trojan Hacker Sent to Jail
MSN TV Trojan Hacker Sent to Jail
By Robert Jaques
VNUNet.com
03/15/05 7:48 AM PT
The WebTV service, which has been rebranded as MSN TV, allows subscribers to connect to the Internet using their televisions. Jeansonne's Trojan was e-mailed to users in 2002, posing as a program which would change colors on their TV screens.
A U.S. court has sentenced a Louisiana man to six months in prison after finding him guilty of infecting WebTV users with a Trojan that plagued emergency services with nuisance phone calls.
David Jeansonne, 41, of Metairie, Louisiana, pleaded guilty last month to causing a threat to public safety and causing damage to computers.