Hacker faces 471 years jail, US$117.25m fines

This is ridiculous, 471 years for something like this, when people get away with a mere 5-8 years for manslaughter. I mean yes, this kind of spoofing is a criminal act, yes, it must be punished--but legislators should really come to their senses about the extent. Looks like a pendulum effect, this time in full swing onto the tough side.
Posted by anonymous on Friday, October 10 2003 01:42 AM

Lock him and all the other hacker scum up!
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 10 2003 03:03 AM

What?! This country's justice system is on crack. Mass murderers don't get punishments of that serverity!!!!
Posted by Brian on Friday, October 10 2003 04:08 AM

Actually, spoofing email shouldn't be a crime... Its one of the easiest things to do ever... It's not the person who does its fault, its the person who leaves there mailserver wide open. Also, most hackers do not cause damage. This is coming from one. I can honestly say I have never hacked into anything just to "mess stuff up" nor to steal anything. If you here people talking about Internet Security Experts, they're talking about hackers. White Hat hackers to be exact. We do not foolishly go out and cause damage. We protect systems. We use the knowledge for good. The media has distorted the defintion of hacker to an irreplaceable hole that it can never be dug out of. We try every day to get people to call them "crackers" because that is the proper definition of such criminal idiots.
Posted by White Hat Hacker on Friday, October 10 2003 04:34 AM

Im glad i could RAPE someone and only get 5 years in jail. What kind of F'ed up country do we live in that would have pathetic laws like this? I swear this country is worse than Sodom And Gomorrah.
Posted by William Clinton on Friday, October 10 2003 06:01 AM

yeah! lock him up for good! people like him should all go to hell!
Posted by anonymous on Monday, October 13 2003 03:49 AM

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..the defendant matches:
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Posted by Arnt Karlsen on Monday, October 13 2003 06:12 AM

Only a Phillies fan...
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, October 15 2003 01:43 AM

I think he should claim insanity :)
Posted by john doe on Wednesday, October 22 2003 09:38 PM

You have truly got to be kidding... is this an early april fools day newspost?.. wow..

suprisingly odd.. I mean all the guy did was bounce a few e-mails and let a few things out of the bag.. 'crippled' servers? I highly doubt it.. if they were open to attack in the first place they were waiting to be crippled.. that is like sending a naval ship into battle without the armored hull.. when it sinks do you point fingers at the people who sunk it and say 'WHY AND HOW DID YOU SINK OUR SHIP' or do you go back to the designers and put a few bullets in them...

Fix your systems.. then when someone 'cracks' into them - then get mad.. and 471 years? wow - oddly I feel like I'm living in nazi germany.

Bush - lets burn some books i'm bored!
Posted by Dave on Wednesday, October 29 2003 11:46 AM

the judicial system is the one who should be claiming insanity!!!
Posted by anonymous on Saturday, December 20 2003 10:04 AM

too right anon, us hardworking joe's (and to be honest these losers haven't worked a day in their worthless little lives), are sick and tired of having some hacker hamr our computers with his virus or gain access (what'cha looking for perv?). This guy may not deserve this sentence, but it serves as a good example for the best treatment when dealing with hacker scum.
Posted by Mike Coombes on Sunday, May 30 2004 03:49 AM

ah, sorry, i mean crackers, hackers are okay, it's jsut crackers that get on my nerves (hackers build, crackers destroy). phew just thought i'd clear that up, and when i said "too right anon", i meant the anon that was the bottom, no confusion now.
Posted by mike coombes on Sunday, May 30 2004 04:01 AM

I hate all the "Electronic and Cyber trash" that goes with computing and the Internet and I think this guy deserves a hammering. But let's put in a bit of legal perspective (a little off-point, but topical). Here in Australia a guy hits a kid in his car and leaves without finding out how the kid is. Hit & Run. When found, he loses his licence for 3 months and gets $1,000 fine. Another guy smashes a speed camera and gets a $104,000 fine to replace it. Where's the balance?
Posted by MunkeyMan on Wednesday, May 11 2005 01:17 PM