

Sentence marks the third LulzSec hacker to receive prison time






Source: Reuters

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RE: And when...
By sirbeef on 4/19/2013 10:25:47 AM , Rating: 2
They got the piss sued out of them and ended up settling. Of course the lawyers got the vast majority of whatever money was paid. Being a settlement, the total amount wasn't disclosed but it was likely millions.

Also, installing a rootkit isn't "hacking." Yes, it was bad, and they should have been sued. I'm not condoning that - just saying lets not overdramatize the situation in an incorrect comparison.

Just as an example, the hack of SOE's online services and the resulting long term shutdown cost Sony subscribers and resulted in some layoffs (I have a friend who was laid off from the EQ2 dev team as a direct result of this lost revenue).

Victimless crime indeed.

