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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
I think there should be some sort of clause in the law that says that if you don't update your computer after a year and a half, you deserve to get a virus written after that long and it's pointless to prosecute the writer of the virus.
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Originally posted by Raw Kuts
but he didn't actually make the thing, he just took the original and changed it (allegedly of course, you always gotta add allegedly). Bring me a news bulliten when they find the actual person, this is small potatas.
EDIT: And getting hit by something that was fixed a month ago is kinda embarasing isn't it? Especially for companies, maybe they just want someone to blame.
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I agree with both these statements.
While I agree this person needs to e punished, he doesn't deserve the 10+ years in prison that hacking crimes like this tend to result in. Give him a year in prison, take away his right to a computer and similar technologies for 5 years, but 10 years with violent thiefs, rapists, and killers is not what this person deserves.
Heck, as one of my friends said to me - who is incidentally pretty anti-hacker himself - being as much of a loser this guy seems to be, that's almost punishment enough
When they find the person who wrote the original, that'll be a much more important accomplishment. Unfortunately this guy - while he only made a small variation - is going to end up getting the blame for the entire thing.