Re: UK: Hacker Dodges Prison Term

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

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.

Although worded strangely it READS like a suspended imposition of
sentence, meaning he got 8 months time but is on "probation" for two
years instead - actually serving the 8 months if he screws up his
probation.

> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Fergie wrote:
>
> > Via ZDNet.co.uk.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > A hacker has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for
> > two years, for compromising accounts on an Internet dating site.
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