I heard about this yesterday (6/16/08) but I just found this writeup. Apparently this Myspace hacker violated:

• CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
• Lanham Act
• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
• California’s anti-spamming statute
• California Anti-Phishing Act of 2005

I think people assume because the Internet runs on computers it’s like a big video game. Well, you can go to prison for hacking. I remember reading in the local paper about a young guy arrested for hacking the local university, he downloaded some social security numbers and they made an example of him:

“Computer hacking is a serious crime. Mr. Phillips is now a convicted felon and owes over $170,000 to the University of Texas for the damage that he caused. Today, he found out the hard way that breaking into someone else’s computer is not a joke,” stated United States Attorney Johnny Sutton in a press release.