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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Hacker faces 60 years in prison駭客面臨60年徒刑
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A hacker in California has pleaded guilty to infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with malware in order to steal money from Paypal accounts. He could spend 60 years in prison and face a US$1.75 million fine.
加州一名駭客已經對有關利用惡意程式感染數十萬部電腦，藉以從Paypal帳戶偷錢的犯行認罪。 他可能要坐牢60年，並面臨175萬美元罰金。
John Schiefer, 26, admitted that he and some associates developed malware that allowed them to create botnet armies of as many as 250,000 computers. Schiefer was able to collect information sent from the infected computers, including usernames and passwords for Paypal accounts.
26歲的約翰．席佛承認，他和幾名同夥開發的惡意程式，讓他們得以利用多達25萬部電腦組成「殭屍網路」大軍。席佛可從遭感染的電腦蒐集資訊，其中包括Paypal帳戶的使用者姓名和密碼。
He and his associates were then able to make purchases using the Paypal accounts. They also shared the password information with others.
他和同夥隨後就能利用這些Paypal帳戶進行購物。他們還與其他人分享這些密碼資訊。
Schiefer also acknowledged fraudulently earning more than $19,000 from a Dutch Internet advertising agency that hired him as a consultant. He was supposed to install the company’s programs on computers after receiving consent from computer owners. Instead, he and his associates installed it on 150,000 computers that were infected with his malware.
席佛並承認以詐欺手法，從一家聘他為顧問的荷蘭網路廣告公司那裡賺取1萬9000多美元。他原本應該在獲得電腦所有人同意後，把該公司的程式安裝到那些電腦上。但他和同夥卻反而將它安裝到15萬部已遭他的惡意程式感染的電腦上。
新聞辭典
plead：動詞，認定（自己有罪或無罪）。最常見的用法如：plead guilty/not guilty（在法庭上認罪／聲稱自己清白）。
Botnet：俗稱「殭屍網路」（Zombie Network ），也稱「機器人網路」（Robot Network ），Botnet病毒通常隨著e-mail、即時通訊軟體或電腦系統漏洞侵入電腦，遭感染的主機如同殭屍般任由駭客遠端控制，駭客不但可竊取資料，還可利用被控制的主機發動攻擊，以竊取資料。
