Francis G. Janosko, a former inmate of Plymouth County Correctional Facility, pled guilty in federal court today to charges of intentionally damaging the prison’s computer network during his incarceration.
From 2006 to 2007, Janosko and other inmates had access to a restricted computer supplied to allow the inmates to research legal matters. Janosko hacked the computer network to send e-mail; provide inmates access to a report that listed the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, home addresses and telephone numbers, and past employment history of over 1,100 current and former Plymouth County Correctional Facility personnel and applicants; and access (without success) to an important prison management computer program.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 15, 2009. Under the terms of the plea agreement, both parties will recommend a sentence of incarceration for 18 months, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and restitution to Plymouth County in an amount yet to be determined. Janosko had been free following his release from the Plymouth County Correctional Facility, but has been incarcerated since he was arrested again in November 2008.
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