Mario Chuisano was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay over $2.5 million in restitution to Farmers, DirecTV, and the L.A. DPW. (Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com)

A man who hacked into the computer of a Farmers Insurance agent and stole reports, e-mails and passwords was sentenced to three years in federal prison last week, reports The New York Daily News. He also was ordered by a Los Angeles judge to pay $2,662,438.80 in restitution to the three companies he attacked.

The hacker, Mario Patrick Chuisano of Staten Island, N.Y., admitted he installed a remote access trojan (R.A.T.) on the Farmers agent’s computer and used it to steal reports, e-mails, and passwords. He similarly attacked DirecTV and the Los Angeles Department of Public Works.

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