“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison

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Post by dirkdk » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:16 PM UTC

“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison
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Post by ck2 » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:27 PM UTC

I've seen drunk drivers who kill people get less time.

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Post by rdl » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:28 PM UTC

Marcia Hofmann is joining his appeals team, so I suspect this is going to SCOTUS.

Normally you pick the most compassionate defendant (like they did in Heller in DC) for a test case. Weev is probably the least sympathetic defendant. But I guess you go to war with the weev you have, not the aaronsw you wanted.

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Post by thomasvendetta » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:29 PM UTC

Absolutely disgusting, AT&T.

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Post by shitlord » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:30 PM UTC

For context, this guy used to be part of the GNAA. They don't care at all about exposing security holes. His goal probably wasn't to cause some sort of security improvement. Yeah, the punishment was harsh, but this guy isn't exactly a folk hero.

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Post by zalzane » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:31 PM UTC

Every time I see a ruling like this, I can't help but think that future historians will view this time period in the same way that present day historians view the crusades/religious persecution/witchhunts of the past millennium.

It's amazing how much point of view can change perspective.

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Post by leeoniya » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:32 PM UTC

it's ridiculous how a single, cohesive act can be broken apart into individual charges which each has its own punishment independent of the others. it's like sentencing someone for murder to 10 years in prison and another 3 years because the person used an illegally acquired weapon to do it.

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Post by Macsenour » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:32 PM UTC

thomasvendetta wrote: post #4

Absolutely disgusting, AT&T.

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but why do you blame AT&T?

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Post by kevingadd » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:33 PM UTC

Macsenour wrote: post #8

thomasvendetta wrote: post #4

Absolutely disgusting, AT&T.

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but why do you blame AT&T?

Probably because they were the ones who royally screwed up in the first place, disclosing tons of customer details to literally anyone who wanted it (including automatic web spiders), and nobody from AT&T is going to spend a day in jail or pay restitution for that.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 18, 2013, 4:34 PM UTC

leeoniya wrote: post #7

it's ridiculous how a single, cohesive act can be broken apart into individual charges which each has its own punishment independent of the others. it's like sentencing someone for murder to 10 years in prison and another 3 years because the person used an illegally acquired weapon to do it.

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