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I have read it, and he still has a 3 year probation after his prison term. When they accuse him of "fraudulently obtaining user names and passwords and stealin

I have read it, and he still has a 3 year probation after his prison term. When they accuse him of "fraudulently obtaining user names and passwords and stealing personal identification and financial information" - does that mean he went after this information, or more likely one of the computers in the botnet happened to have such information residing on it. It's possible he didn't know of any financial information and they would throw the book at him anyway just to get the initial charge and work down from there. We all know there are differences in computer crime, that our legal system isn't able to make a distinction does not make an argument.

poet 16y ago
Does that mean he went after this information, or more likely one of the computers in the botnet happened to have such information residing on it. It's possible he didn't know of any financial information... No it is not possible. Had you actually read the above references as you claimed you would know that after executing a search warrant the FBI found credit card numbers and SSNs on computers in his dorm room. It's in Section 12 of the FBI document. Sure, maybe that was a result of a chat room he was logging. Maybe he didn't specifically go after this information himself. But at the very least he still chose to retain that information on his computer and at worst he did indeed go after the information himself.