William Genovese
Encyclopedia
William Genovese is an American
criminal who goes by the moniker illwill. Federal authorities charged Genovese with unlawful sale of a trade secret (US Code Title 18, section 1832) for selling the Microsoft
Windows 2000
operating system
source code
. His sales were ill-fated, taking place, respectively, to Microsoft investigators and federal agents
. Genovese sold two copies of the source code totaling $40 USD.
Operating systems, including Windows 2000
and Windows 4.0
. The code Genovese sold was widely distributed on the Internet prior to his sale. Following an investigation, Genovese was arrested in November 2004. In January 2006, he was sentenced to two years in federal prison, largely due to a previous criminal history. At the time of his Microsoft-related arrest, Genovese was on probation for unrelated computer crimes.
Genovese is also mentioned in news articles, in connection with the notorious internet leak
of Paris Hilton
's mobile phone address book and Fred Durst
's sex tape leak.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
criminal who goes by the moniker illwill. Federal authorities charged Genovese with unlawful sale of a trade secret (US Code Title 18, section 1832) for selling the Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Windows 2000
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
. His sales were ill-fated, taking place, respectively, to Microsoft investigators and federal agents
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
. Genovese sold two copies of the source code totaling $40 USD.
Conviction
In 2005, Genovese was convicted of the unlawful sale of a trade secret. Genovese sold illegally obtained source code for Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
Operating systems, including Windows 2000
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
and Windows 4.0
Windows 4.0
Windows 4.0 can refer to:* Windows 95* Windows NT 4.0...
. The code Genovese sold was widely distributed on the Internet prior to his sale. Following an investigation, Genovese was arrested in November 2004. In January 2006, he was sentenced to two years in federal prison, largely due to a previous criminal history. At the time of his Microsoft-related arrest, Genovese was on probation for unrelated computer crimes.
Genovese is also mentioned in news articles, in connection with the notorious internet leak
Internet leak
An Internet leak occurs when a party's confidential information is released to the public on the Internet. Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code, and artistic works such...
of Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
's mobile phone address book and Fred Durst
Fred Durst
William Frederick "Fred" Durst is an American musician, director, producer and actor, well known as the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit.-Early life:...
's sex tape leak.
External links
- http://illmob.org