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Fwd: [cfgeeks] HACKERS LEAVE A TRAIL OF CHAOS, BUT FEW CLUES
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn McMahon)
Sun Feb 13 18:58:05 2000
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 18:56:10 -0500
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From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
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In light of some recent discussion, I thought I'd forward this quote, from
the LA Times:
>HARD TIME AWAITS HACKERS GUILTY OF WEB ATTACKS
>Whether it's a group of international terrorists or a 16-year-old whose
>prank has gotten way out of hand, whoever is behind this week's series
>of
>"denial of service" assaults on popular Web sites could face serious
>penalties. If the damage is intentional, penalties range from six months
>to
>five years in prison, plus a fine of up to $250,000 for the first
>offense,
>and up to 10 years in prison for the second offense. Unintentional
>damage
>caused by negligence is punishable by up to a year in prison and a
>$100,000
>fine. The U.S. penalties apply even to foreigners if a U.S. computer is
>used
>in the attack. (Los Angeles Times 9 Feb 2000)
>http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/techwr/20000209/tCB00V0261.html
I'd like to call special attention to that last sentence. For those folks
who were telling me I was "off base", "not thinking globally", "being an
ugly American", or similar horseshit during this discussion, see here that
I am not alone in thinking that somebody is very likely to be dragged into
US custody yet again over this.
