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

[Michael <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!

So who's in for a plan to wait four years and then break these guys out? 
I think four years sounds like more than enough time considering they 
didn't even use any of the data they were snooping on. Four months 
sounds high to me given then didn't even use the data.

If I ever start commiting computer crimes I'll decide to rape, murder, 
and pillage too.. it might help me get a shorter sentence.

-- 
Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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