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eerily similar to the police blotter bullshit in regards to the insane overreaction. possible $250k fine and 20 years in prison? WTF?

11/5/2007 4:15:08 PM

How is this similar to the police blotter incident at all?

These guys deserve very harsh punishment. 20 years is probably overkill, but I don't think some jail time is unreasonable.

11/5/2007 4:17:30 PM

someone please post the police blotter about the dude rubbing his ass on the windshield

11/5/2007 4:19:38 PM

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"in regards to the insane overreaction"

11/5/2007 4:24:53 PM

^ You have to realize that kind of thing is normal. News reports always state statutory maximums to scare/deter people and overblow a story. In reality, they'll likely not get anywhere near that as the punishment. It doesn't make sense to post a thread to bitch about some news article listing the statutory maximum punishment for a crime.

11/5/2007 4:26:56 PM

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"According to the indictment, Escalera used "computer hacking techniques" to acquire the password of a supervisor"

who wants to bet that the supervisor's login was like:

name: joeroberts

pw: roberts1

and this Escalera guessed right. hell i'm sure i could get 8/10 people's passwords in my office on the first guess.

11/5/2007 4:28:30 PM

I should certainly freaking hope that an IT manager would have a better password than that. If for no other reason than the system should *require* a better password than that.

11/5/2007 4:32:53 PM

someone please post the police blotter about the dude rubbing his ass on the windshield

11/5/2007 4:52:19 PM

yeah this guys hacking was for gain

I think I remember there being something in the law that makes that worse

and if a sophomoric indiscretion like the police blotter incident warrants a max sentence of 10 years I think they may execute this fucker

that's right, fuck this guy up
I have never cheated in college and I think the actions of these two cheapen my degree (at an unconnected institution)

11/5/2007 6:15:06 PM

someone forgot to obscure their doings sufficiently

The other night on America's Most Smartest Model, they [the judges] interpreted a straight up act of cheating as simply, "Being competetive".
Maybe one day "Hacking the System" will be a valid thesis paper.

11/5/2007 6:26:00 PM

it said it was web based. Probably just an everyday packetsniffer, filter for IP address, wait 30 minutes after lunch when they log back in, profit.

11/5/2007 7:32:27 PM

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"someone forgot to obscure their doings sufficiently "

yep.

caught during an audit my ass.

11/5/2007 8:38:11 PM

JACKLEG EXPLAINS IT ALL

1/23/2008 10:02:11 PM

i dont know why im the one endorsing this thread, ive never been convicted of anything hacking related

1/23/2008 10:03:30 PM

but you're Jackleg, Esq.

1/23/2008 10:11:58 PM

voluntary dismissal by district attorney, 5-31-06

2/16/2008 8:25:37 PM