Miley Cyrus cracker: 'I'm too short for the slammer!'

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/28/miley_cyrus_cracker_short_for_slammer/

By Iain Thomson in San Francisco
The Register
28th October 2011

A Tennessee man, found guilty of cracking the Gmail account of Miley 
Cyrus and posting private photos of her online, has asked the sentencing 
judge to spare him prison because of his diminutive stature.

A teenaged Josh Holly was arrested by federal investigators three years 
ago after he correctly guessed the security question to Cyrus’ Gmail 
account and harvested racy photographs of the then-15 year old online. 
He is due to be sentenced on Monday, and according to court documents 
obtained by The Smoking Gun, he has asked for a non-custodial sentence 
on the grounds that he is too young for the Big House and, at five-feet 
six-inches, is considerably smaller than the average inmate.

His attorney Sumter Camp petitioned the judge for probation, saying it 
was a "sufficiently onerous punishment for a first-time offender of 
immature mental age," and that jail time "would hinder rather than aid 
Josh’s rehabilitation." He is also asking for leniency on the grounds 
that Holly has been meeting with the FBI and has ratted out anyone else 
he could think of provided "information about others that he was aware 
were involved in illegal computer-related activities."

Bizarrely enough, the government prosecutors actually agree that Holly 
may be too short for the slammer, but said that - in light of the 
serious nature of the crimes - then this should not be a cause to go 
easy on the 22 year old.

[...]

_____________________________________________________
Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org
http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn