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From: rms at computerbytesman.com (Richard M. Smith) Subject: Alleged IT security extortion plot against BestBuy.com http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4304797.html Feds thwart extortion plot against Best Buy David Phelps, Star Tribune Published January 7, 2004 BEST07 Federal authorities said Tuesday they thwarted an extortion plot against Best Buy Co. Inc. by a man who sent the company an e-mail threatening to expose what he claimed were weaknesses in the retailer's computer system unless he was paid $2.5 million. Thomas E. Ray III, a 25-year-old Jackson, Miss., resident, made his first Minnesota court appearance Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Earl Cudd. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $10,000 bail. Ray faces two felony charges of making extortion threats to damage property or reputation and extortion threats to damage computers. He is being represented by Minneapolis attorney Rick Petry. He was indicted in federal court in Mississippi in mid-December and accused of making a series of threats in October to Richfield-based Best Buy about the security of its BestBuy.com site. No security breaches were made into the system, Best Buy said. Federal investigators became involved after security officials at Best Buy contacted federal authorities about the demands. The Minnesota CyberCrime Task Force also took part in the investigation, as did America Online and Netscape, Internet service providers that Ray used. According to the indictment, Ray made the e-mail demands to Best Buy under the name and Internet address of "Jamie Weathersby, IPC Corp." ....
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