It's one thing to hack out of educational interest or as a "white hat" but this hacker's motive was just to make money. Therefore my vote would obviously be ye

It's one thing to hack out of educational interest or as a "white hat" but this hacker's motive was just to make money. Therefore my vote would obviously be yes, he should be prosecuted. If what the hacker says in his chat log is true, and he has made money by redirecting major sites in the past then he definitely deserves it.