"A 21-year-old Swede has been charged with hacking into Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)'s computers and stealing trade secrets, U.S. officials say.
Philip Gabriel Pettersson, also known as "Stakkato," was named in a
five-count indictment that includes one count of intrusion and two of
trade secret misappropriation involving the San Jose, Calif., computer
networking giant, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release
Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Pettersson intentionally intruded into Cisco's
network between May 12 and 13, 2004, during which time he allegedly
misappropriated Cisco Internetwork Operating System code."
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/06/Swede-21-charged-in-Cisco-hacking-scheme/UPI-66221241620664/
