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A former senior database administrator for GEXA Energy in Houston was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for hacking into his former employer's computer network.Steven Jinwoo Kim, 40, of Houston pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2009, to one count of intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage. Kim was also ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to GEXA Energy and to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.

World Cup fans continue to be prime targets for cybercriminals this summer with new mobile viruses targeting smart-phone users looking for the latest news and content surrounding the international soccer tournament being held in South Africa this year.

The number of spam messages approached 6 billion for the month of January and never dipped below 3.5 billion during the past six months, according to SaaS e-mail and web security provider AppRiver’s mid-year Threat and Spamscape report.

The third installment of the "Twilight" franchise, “Eclipse,” which premiered this week, is breaking records for a midnight opening and fans are searching in the masses for any details about the film they can find online. Cyber criminals know this and have already "poisoned" common search results hoping to gain access to people's computers and infect them with malware.

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Financial terms were not released but the price tag is expected to be hefty with Exabeam’s most recent valuation pegged at $2.5 billion.