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Re: UK: Hacker Dodges Prison Term
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:30:21 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Col wrote:
On 11/9/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote: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?From the original article -"Byrne was traced, identified and arrested by the Metropolitan Computer Crime Unit, after the defacement was reported by loveandfriends.com. He admitted the offence. Forensic examination of his computer and media also revealed that he was responsible for the writing of the "MIRSA .A and MIRSA B" mass-mailing worms." Worm/Virus...
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