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Blaster Variant Creator Pleads Guilty

Hello Kitty writes "Robert Parson, the 18-year-old who modified and re-released a version of Blaster last year, is on his way to being made an example of, after pleading guilty Wednesday in a Seattle courtroom. According to AP, he can now look forward to 18-36 months behind bars and -- shades of Kevin Mitnick's phantom damages -- may be expected to pay millions in restitution. And then there's that lifelong 5cr1pt k1dd13 title. of course."

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  1. Scum by LegoEvan · · Score: 0, Troll

    scum like that ought to pay restitution. don't feel bad!

  2. Idiocy by b0lt · · Score: 1, Troll

    The judicial system has gotten WAY out of whack. It was bad when Mitnick (Free Kevin!) was tried, but this is just ridiculous. 18 to 36 months for doing nothing significant. Does anyone else think this is lunacy?

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  3. is it really so hard to understand by lord_zer0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is it really so hard to understand that worms are a *good* thing? For instance, if I had a major server running vulnerable OpenSSL on it, and it got caught by a worm, 10,000 other people would have the same problem, and it'd be easy to remove. Not only that, but everyone would know about it, how to patch it, etc. Now think what would happen if somebody wrote a non-automated tool. They could target my OpenSSL server, steal everyone's credit cards and patch my kernel so i'd never know... *shudder* Give me a worm over an underground exploit any day.

  4. Re:I think the time doesn't fit the crime. by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, I'm gonna find you and kick the doors in on your house. It's your fault if they can't keep me out...

  5. Re:This kid is no Mitnick by gujo-odori · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mitnick is a cunt?

    Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. Cunt is a crude term for pussy. OK, pussy is a crude term too, but cunt is cruder.

    Pussy is something you stick your dick in. Or at least, something I stick mine in.

    Now you say Mitnick is a cunt. Are you implying that you want to stick your dick in Mitnick? Well, gee, thanks for sharing, but I think I'll just stick to pussy if it's all the same to you. And yes, I'm fairly certain that Mitnick != pussy.