Hacker to be extradited to the US

[Kasz216]

NJ5 said:

Kasz216 said:

NJ5 said:
Damn, he should have just become a banker and steal billions from taxpayers. Then he'd get a bonus.

Now seriously, that seems way too harsh of a sentence... That alone would be reason not to extradite him.

That's a max sentence.  It's not like he'll actually get that.

Though, what do you think is an acceptable punishment for breaking into military computers that hold technological secrets and troop placement information?

As far as i know, hacking into a computer makes it easier to hack into by other people.  So even if the guy had an insane reason for doing so... he greatly put at risk troops and military secrets.

 

Most likely he'll get whatever time he gets to be served in a US or UK mental institution where he is barred from a computer or needs to be monitered while using one.

Hacking into a computer doesn't necessarily make it more vulnerable. That's only the case if the hacker installs other backdoors after breaking in.

If the guy was doing it to steal those secrets or endanger any lives, it's a different matter. That doesn't seem anywhere near reality here. If it wasn't the intention and it didn't happen, I don't think it justifies such a harsh sentence.

I hope you're right on the sentence though!

 

The US government says his hacking cost the US government $700,000 to fix.  So clearly he did something to those 90+ computers he hacked into to make them more vulnerable.

Outside that.  The 60 years is a "Max" sentence.  Why he did what he did, isn't relevent until sentencing.

Doesn't your country have "Max terms" for something... a limit to which someone can server for a certain crime?