Five Plead Guilty To Hacking Rival | Homeland Security Degreeshttps://homelandsecurityedus.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/five-plead-guilty-to-hacking-rival/ Five Plead Guilty To Hacking Rival Five employees at UK IT security reseller Quadsys have pledguilty to hacking a rival companys servers. The groupowner Paul Streeter managing director Paul Cox director Alistair Barnard account manager Steve Davies and security consultant Jon Townsendadmitted hacking into a rival resellers database to steal customer and pricing information. The charge obtaining unauthorised access to computer materials to facilitate the commission of an offence is punishable by up To learn more visit: A former St. Louis Cardinals executive has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros. After several sentencing delays a judge gave Christopher Correa a 46-month sentence. Correa the former scouting director for the Cardinals apparently gained access to at least one email account of an Astros staffer as well as the teams Ground Control system the organizations database for evaluating prospective players. Prosecutors believeCorrea did this by using the password of current Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow who worked for the Cardinals from 2003 to 2011. In January Correa pleaded guilty to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer in 2013 and 2014. He faced up to a maximum offive years in prisonand a max fine of 0000. Its unclear exactly what this sentencing means for the Cardinals organization. MLB elected not to hand down any punishment prior to the 2016 draft. Instead the league has beenwaiting for sentencing which had already been delayed several times. This video includes clips from KTRK KSDK The Fresno Bee Fox Sports Midwest and images from Getty Images. Newsy is your source for concise unbiased video news and analysis covering the top stories from around the world. With persistent curiosity and no agenda we strive to fuel meaningful conversations by highlighting multiple sides of every story. Newsy delivers the news and perspective you need without the hype and bias common to many news sources. See more at http://www.newsy.com/ Like Newsy on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/newsyvideos/Video Rating: / 5 The post Five Plead Guilty To Hacking Rival appeared first on Homeland Security Degrees. Five Plead Guilty To Hacking Rival