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"The AFP did not give a timeframe for the attacks but said it did not believe any sensitive personal or financial information was stolen." Each and every day A
by DigitalSea 14y ago
"The AFP did not give a timeframe for the attacks but said it did not believe any sensitive personal or financial information was stolen."
Each and every day Australia starts to look more and more like the United States (no offence to those who live in the US). I live in Australia and find it highly alarming that a youth who didn't steal any personal or financial information could be sent away for 10 years, comparatively you could rape someone in Australia and if you plead guilty you would get sentenced to basically the same amount of years.
How does a victimless computer crime which potentially only resulted in a little bit of downtime and wasn't malicious in that information was stolen equate to the same as raping someone? It doesn't add up.
- qwertzlcoatl 14y agoIgnorance regarding the subject at hand leads to exaggerated sentences like this. Or they deliberately hand out these extreme sentences to make an example for future geeks trying to test their limits.
- Shaanie 14y agoIf the crime resulted in downtime or in any other way inconvenienced someone else, it wasn't a victimless crime. Disregarding semantics, I completely agree that the potential punishment is not at all proportional to the crime in this case.