A New York teenager has been accused of hacking into AOL and pilfering database records of its customers. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office complained against seventeen-year-old Mike Nieves for suspected PC tampering, PC trespass, and criminal possession of computer material.
Nieves purportedly burglarized AOL’s PC network between December 24, 2006 and April 7, 2007 and made access to databases having customer billing records, addresses, and credit card info. He is also accused of infesting systems at an AOL customer support call center in New Delhi, India, with a program to funnel info back to his PC.
The complaint also charges that Nieves accessed and pilfered other people’s AIM instant messaging accounts, made an attempt to burglarize an AOL customer support system and busy in a phishing attack against AOL staff. Nieves, who was accused this week and stays in custody, face four felony charges and one offense charge. His suspected acts cost AOL over $500,000.
