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Hard time? Not for cyber criminals
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:23 -0400
___ Dave Farber +1 412 726 9889 ...... Forwarded Message ....... From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn () stonehenge com> To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:15:40 -0700 Subj: Re: [IP] Hard time? Not for cyber criminals
"David" == David Farber <dave () farber net> writes:
David> ...Morris released the first Internet worm--and was eventually David> sentenced to three years' probation, 400 hours of community service David> and a $10,000 fine. And my own case, where 15 minutes of conscious activity to run the 'crack' tool against a password file from within the same organization where I was contracted, never having used (nor intended to use) the passwords for nefarious purposes, for which I was sentenced: 5 years probation 480 hours of community service US$67,000 in restitution 3 felonies (felon for life, no chance of expungement) and ended up spending over US$250,000 in legal fees. Details at <http://www.lightlink.com/fors/>. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn () stonehenge com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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