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Yes. The AT&T hacker 'weev' was sentenced to 41 months prior to the vacation of his conviction. As far as I know no systems were disrupted in his case. He expre

Yes. The AT&T hacker 'weev' was sentenced to 41 months prior to the vacation of his conviction. As far as I know no systems were disrupted in his case. He expressed vaguely anti-authoritarian leanings without appealing to a stronger base. This is arguably what keeps shows like Mr. Robot on the air btw. We will tolerate hackers down certain pathways and within certain constraints. Even if they're "insane". Leave the pathway and God help you. Sometimes staying on the pathway is dangerous too, but my job is to motivate for great justice. Edit: Don't kill or torture anyone. This should be in your base operating code anyway; if it isn't, enforce it down to pith level.

alt2319 10y ago
Federal sentencing guidelines are pretty rigid and most computer fraud and abuse cases get the lowest end of the range. The EFF has a good breakdown of weev's sentence and the D&D-like charts and calculations used to reach it. He got hammered for "special skill", "sophisticated means" and "means of identification" bonuses. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/41-months-weev-understanding-how-sentencing-guidelines-work-cfaa-cases-0 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/41-months-weev-underst...