Computing student jailed after failing to hand over crypto keys

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

Sledgehammer once again used to crack a nut

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/08/christopher_wilson_students_refusal_to_give_up_crypto_keys_jail_sentence_ripa/

A computer science student accused of hacking offences has been jailed
for six months for failing to hand over his encryption passwords,
which he had been urged to do in "the interests of national security".

Christopher Wilson, 22, of Mitford Close, Washington, Tyne and Wear,
was jailed for refusing to hand over his computer passwords, a move
that frustrated an investigation into claims he launched an attack on
a police website.

Wilson, who has Asperger's Syndrome, was suspected of "trolling" the
Northumbria Police as well as attempting to break into the Serious
Organised Crime Agency's website.
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