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Interesting the difference between this article and other articles reporting on more recent hacks. Those articles always point out how much jail time the hacker
by at-fates-hands 13y ago
Interesting the difference between this article and other articles reporting on more recent hacks. Those articles always point out how much jail time the hacker is facing.
I suspect the Canadian authorities aren't as ruthless with their computer crime laws as the prosecutors are here, but you never know. Any idea what the kid is facing in terms of punishment??
- dmix 13y ago“Unauthorized Use of Computer” is maximum 10 years in prison in Canada, which is pretty much equivalent to American law. The additional mischief charge will probably get dropped. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Law/Offences/Unauthorized_Use_of_Computer https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Law/Offences... > is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.