staff made redundant admits hacking Gucci

A former employee of the Manhattan-based Gucci America Inc., pleaded guilty to disturbing the intrusion into corporate servers that cost him $ 200,000 lost time and resources. Sat Chihlung Yin, 35, of Jersey City, NJ, admitted first-degree computer tampering and 10 counts of felony on the eve of his trial, after the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. Mr. Yin will be used to stolen goods company Gucci access interrupting e-mails and other documents, officials said. A former network engineer was Mr. Yin of the luxurious Italian producers fired for reasons. He was among the 50 accused of various crimes last April, including computer tampering, identity theft and falsifying business records. He is 15 years in prison, but considering the plea of ​​guilty, the attacker is likely to be sentenced to two to six years. Verdict is for 10 September planned. Said, "Hacking is not a game," Mr. Vance said in a statement last spring, according to the indictment against Mr. Yin. "This is a serious threat to the security company can have a devastating impact on the privacy, employment and the ability to run a business." Mr. Vance has created cyber crime and identity theft Bureau in 2010, and writes in his office in this group for this result.