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Anonymous hacker behind Stratfor attack faces life in prison
- redthrowaway 14y agoSo now we're treating sql injectors the same as murderers? Is a little bit of reason as regards sentencing too much to ask?
- dutchbrit 14y agoSome people get less for murder..
- misnome 14y agoWhilst I appreciate the sentiment behind this, classifying him as just an "SQL Injector" is being a little disingenuous; If you actually get credit card information and then deliberately distribute them, that's a little different than pushing through basic commands to see if you actually can inject.
- redthrowaway 14y agoAbsolutely, and the "access to unauthorized computer" part of his prospective sentence will be relatively minor. Still, the fact remains that a non-violent criminal (and he is a criminal) is being more harshly punished than many murderers and child rapists. That, in and of itself, is an injustice.
- DanielRibeiro 14y agoJeremy Hammond's background is much better covered here[1]. In particular, he created HackThisSite[2] 9 years ago, which, among other things, has challenges like Stripe's capture the flag (web version). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hammond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hammond [2] http://www.hackthissite.org/ http://www.hackthissite.org/
- dutchbrit 14y agoHackThisSite - I remember that, thanks for the extra intel :)
- iamtherockstar 14y agoAccording to this Wikipedia article, he's done something similar before (compromising a system and releasing credit cards). That could be a big hit to his case. I hope he gets a fair shake, that his lawyers are strong, his judges are fair, and the jury is open-minded. Unfortunately, it seems like we've already gone off the tracks.
- meric 14y ago"Legal proceedings in the case might soon be called into question, however, after it’s been revealed that Judge Preska’s husband was a victim of the Stratfor hack."
- funkmonk 14y agoThis is from RT, which is directly funded by the Russian government.
- redthrowaway 14y agoThat's a red herring. The facts of the case remain as stated.
- daniel-cussen 14y agoThis reminds me of the Soviet claim in response to American criticism of human rights violations. "And you are lynching Negroes", the claim went, from the thirties on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes Point being, RT and similar Chinese outlets talk openly and fairly on issues USA hates to talk about as sovereign PR retaliation. Overall, the effect is positive: world powers muckrake each other and compete to see who can look least bad in the eyes of the World.
- mc32 14y agoAt which point the retort should have been, to follow that logic, and you starve millions to death! [1] The thing is while an opposite viewpoint is desirable, their viewpoints tends not to be balanced but rather lean far 'the other way'. Let's say the 'truth' is 5, we claim 7, they claim it's -1. So, on balance, you're not getting the 5 by adding their viewpoint. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
- sesqu 14y agoFor argument's sake, let's say the 'truth' is 5, you claim -1, and they claim 7.
- mc32 14y agoYes, except, one government goes out of its way to retaliate lethally[1] against its journalists who counterargue the government line. So, given that, I think we're the 7s and they're the -1s. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_R...
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- Benferhat 14y agoHow did they find him?