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As a former Linode employee, I find all of your comments very interesting. But if it's true that you're being prosecuted, why are you incriminating yourself her
by mcone 11y ago
As a former Linode employee, I find all of your comments very interesting. But if it's true that you're being prosecuted, why are you incriminating yourself here?
- Perihelion 11y agoAll of the people involved have been very open about their identities and what they've been up to. It's sort of their MO. Pure speculation on my part, but I imagine it's basically a giant middle finger to everyone else.
- ryanlol 11y agoDouble jeopardy, I was previously convicted of 50700 counts of unauthorized access to various coldfusion sites. Among those was linode.
- Someone1234 11y agoThis one? http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/07/08/Finnish-teen-convicted-of-hacking-50700-computers/5981436373963/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/07/08/Finnish-te...
- ryanlol 11y agoYeah.
- vox_mollis 11y agoHow exactly did you get caught? opsec/comsec violation?
- ryanlol 11y agoDifficult question to answer. There was a complete lack of "technical" evidence against me (e.g .bash_history files, wiretaps). The only evidence the prosecution had against me were a list of compromised sites and several coldfusion 0days I had in my possession. They could never prove that I generated the list of compromised sites, but the judges felt that the possession of said list was enough evidence to convict me. We would've appealed but there was no point as the sentence was essentially nothing.
- jacquesm 11y ago> We would've appealed but there was no point as the sentence was essentially nothing. But you do end up with a record, which is not 'essentially nothing'.
- ewindisch 11y agoI suppose it depends on what that means for a minor in Finland.
- ryanlol 11y agoSince I'm not really planning to look for a job, my main worry was potential visa issues. But I haven't had any troubles visiting the few countries I do need a visa for.
- lawnchair_larry 11y agoHow are you in a position where looking for a job in the future is not really necessary?
- ryanlol 11y agoBitcoin.
- IKnowComputer 11y agoThat's an awful lot of faith in virtual currency and its speculative nature to be betting the next 50-60 years of your life.
- Perihelion 11y agoI can't even tell you how many pen testers I know with criminal records. Somewhere, someone will hire him to do security.
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