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Florida Teenager to Spend 3 Years in Prison for Twitter Hack That Affected Apple
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A 3-year sentence under the circumstances seems entirely appropriate to me. The people this guy was scamming were not the rich and powerful; they were the ones desperate enough to believe the "Apple" tweet (etc.) might be real.
This sounds like an argument for stricter sentences for drunk drivers involved in homicides rather than an argument for a more lenient sentence for one who tricks vulnerable people into sending him money.
He won't spend 3 years. He will be luckily to spend 1/2 of that in jail.
no cyber security company would plague themselves with that. it takes little knowledge to phish.
its not like he wrote some complex hack. most likely knows very little about development in general.
Most cyber security companies probably prefer to employ people meeting basic moral standards.
I’m coming to steal your TV and it will be your fault for having ****** door locks.
Your logic is flawed.
Yes. But just getting an interview at these companies can be impossible.
Absolutely unemployable. You can’t trust someone like this. And being able to protect things is totally different from breaking things.
Heh "companies" and "moral" in the same sentence, find the error.
Reminds me of a website "please rob my house" or was it "please rob me", dunno anymore.
And people still keep posting pics showing that they are not at home, and the pic history even shows what they have at home.
Clearly the judge is sending out a message to the hacker community.
Though on appeal, good behaviour ect the sentence will be reduced.
Though on appeal, good behaviour ect the sentence will be reduced.
But if you’re actually serious, and you don’t think that spending three years between the ages of 17 and 20, away from computers,between jail and Boot Camp will change a person, then maybe you should spend three years in jail or Boot Camp. Because I guarantee you, especially between 17 and 20, that will change you.
Not to mention, it’s not like he actually hurt anyone. People have gotten away with a lot less, and everyone does stupid things at 17.
punish him for three years, and maybe when he comes out he’ll do something useful with his life. He maybe will go to college, maybe get a degree, maybe go off and fight for our military.
But keeping him in jail for 50 years? And not letting him get out until he is in his mid-70s? If anything, that’s just a waste of a life, time, money, and resources that could go to putting actual dangerous criminals away.
So this is one of the few times that I can say that I actually agree with a sentence in this country.
Trustworthiness is more important than talent when it comes to hiring. That kid in Australia who hacked Apple itself didn't get a job at Apple either. The message I got when I was a kid with a knack for cracking systems was that crime won't land you a job. You'd even get an F on a security class project if you ingeniously hacked the VM they handed you to get around the actual hacking exercises inside it. Plus punishment for academic dishonesty.
Honestly surprised he's only getting 3 years for impersonating former US pres & VP. Life isn't a movie like National Treasure.
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He could have done a lot of good with the accounts of Apple, Musk, Obama, Gates, Bezos, and Biden. He's just a kid, but if he started with statements about prison abolition, he (and the country) could be in a better place.
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For all we know, it could've been the hackers sending themselves money. Though, I have no idea why they'd do that. Maybe makes it look more believable?
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They should sentence him to providing 3 years of tech support for people like my father-in-law. Under proper supervision of law enforcement, of course.
I promise, just one tech call with my father-in-law, who is both hard of hearing and vision impaired and has a tendency to press all the buttons you tell him not to press, will make this young man regret his mistakes and want to make better life choices! 😈
I promise, just one tech call with my father-in-law, who is both hard of hearing and vision impaired and has a tendency to press all the buttons you tell him not to press, will make this young man regret his mistakes and want to make better life choices! 😈
It's strange that the article phrases it as affecting Apple. This was much bigger than just Apple. Unbelievable how many were hacked and what the effect was, all blue-checkmarks losing access for a day (haha).
