Maker of Kournikova Gets Wrist Slapped Too

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday September 15, 2001 @03:37AM from the no-surprise-here dept.

shelflife writes: "This story says 'It is the first time in history that the maker of a computer virus has been tried in the Netherlands -- indeed one of the few times it has been done in the world. Hypponen knows only of one conviction. A man was sentenced to 18 months in jail in the U.K. in the early 1990s. The man served 11 months, said Hypponen.' but that can't be true. What about Robert Morris? Anyway, the requested sentence is amazingly light -- 240 hours of civil service." The really interesting part is that this kid wasn't even a programmer. He just downloaded a kit. Shows how far this Virus Craze has gone in the last few years.

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Re: Kevin Mitnick by Inthewire · 2001-09-15 04:47 · Score: 2, Informative

KM didn't release a virus

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Re:How to calculate the damage? by LoudMusic · 2001-09-15 05:00 · Score: 2, Informative

Dude, he's talking about guns, weapons. Not human limbs.
"Arms" as defined by dictionary.com.
~LoudMusic

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