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.
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The man was 41! You would think he would have know better by now.