RE: [MLUG] Whoa! WiFi Hacker gets 9 years in the slammer

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

According to this article...

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,98355,00.html

   The three men were indicted by a grand jury in November 2003 on 16
   counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud, unauthorized computer
   access, intentional transmission of computer code and attempted
   possession of unauthorized access devices.

   The men faced maximum sentences of 170 years in prison if convicted on
   all counts.

   Previously, the longest federal sentence in a hacking case is believed
   to be the 68-month sentence imposed on computer hacker Kevin Mitnick,
   the government said.


This is an interesting case.  Was it "conspiracy" because they two guys 
made the plan together?

Don't get me wrong, I think they deserve to be punished, but I don't think 
this is the most heinous computer crime for which anyone has ever been 
sentenced, but it does seem to be the longest prison sentence ever imposed 
for this type of crime.  We definitely should go after these people and 
sentence them, but we have to maintain *proportionality* (appropriate 
relationship between crime and punishment).  We can't just get frustrated 
and start executing them!

Mike
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