Yes, and they'll throw several books at him, fine his "legitimate income" - they haven't outlawed these affiliate scams, right? - pat themselves on the back and proclaim to be fighting the terrible hacker scourge.

And it's so much easier to feel good about ourselves dumping blame and anger on a d...

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...that someone didn't raise the spectre of "attempted homicide" amongst the charges"...

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I love it. We see post after post about the mean, bad ol' cracker that broke into this and that (oh gawd! not the hospital ICU!). Please read on, as I do not condone the cracker's actions.

Where is the onslaught of articles condemning a hospital that would put patient health and safety at risk ...

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Thousands of people do things similar to this all the time, but this case should involve whether or not he intended to do such damage. Once something like that gets out of control, it's not really something that could just be stopped all that easliy. If his network had never been used for attacks or...

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To me it feels like leaving a bag with lots of money in the street, hiding and arresting anyone who tries to take it.

When you create an opening that feels like a "1 time opportunity" people with usually act first and think later, even if it's illegal. you see 100k$ in a bag in the street, won't yo...

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