Re: UK: Hacker Dodges Prison Term

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Col wrote:

> On 11/8/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > It seems to me that he didn't do anything too terrible. And therefore
> > doesn't deserve prison.
>
> He still created a virus or two and released them. Bad enough in my

Did he? I didn't know about that, and it wasn't reported in the article. 
What it said in the article, was that he guessed four Myspace passwords.

Certainly a naughty thing to do, but I really don't see it as something 
you put someone in prison for. 

How did you find out about the viruses that he released?


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