William Genovese Jr., known on the Internet as "illwill", pleaded guilty today in New York City federal court to an indictment charging him with unlawful sale and attempted sale of the source code for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0.
He allegedly stole the source code in which Microsoft software developers write programs and distributed it over the Internet without the
software's company authorization.
Access to a software program's source code allows users to replicate the program or find its potential vulnerabilities.
The Conn. Man was caught in a joined action of online security firm hired by Microsoft and FBI.
Both the security firm and an undercover FBI agent managed to download a copy of the stolen source code from Genovese's site after sending him an electronic payment.
The 28-year-old thief was charged with one count of unlawfully distributing a trade secret, in violation of the Economic Espionage Act.
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