Re: Foul

[quispiam lepidus <quispiam.lepidus () gmail com>]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob () appelbaum net> wrote:
> Les Bell wrote:
> > chris () blask org wrote:
> >
> > While it's nice that we have attention there, the fact that there is little
> > or no attention in all of the other vulnerable sectors is a problem itself.
> > <<
> >
> > Personally, I don't mind sitting in the dark - if the power fails, I have
> > UPS, etc. anyway. But a backed-up sewer would give me ... would give me ...
> > well, let's just say I wouldn't enjoy it much.
> >
> > One of the (if not the) first prosecutions of a hacker in Australia was
> > that of Vitek Boden, who - back in March/April 2000 - modified telemetry
> > data used by a sewage treatment plant operated by Maroochydore Shire
> > Council, in Queensland. This caused millions of litres of raw sewage to be
> > pumped into local waterways, parks and even a 5-star resort. Boden was
> > sentenced to two years imprisonment.
> >
> > Disruption of SCADA systems can be really unpleasant.
>
> Uh, wasn't the book Underground about hackers arrested in Australia
> during the 80s and early 90s? It seems that Vitek was far from the first
> prosecutions of a hacker in Australia.
>
> Best,
> Jacob

Yep. Pretty sure it was early 1990 they were arrested, and a few years
later they were sentenced.
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