Get Fired. Delete Colleague's Account. Go To Jail.

Posted by Zonk on Saturday January 14, 2006 @07:34AM from the i-would-have-taken-up-a-hobby dept.

SierraPete writes "CNet reports that Thomas Millot, a former systems analyst for a major pharmaceutical company, has lost his appeal on a computer intrusion charge. Mr. Millot was convicted of unlawfully entering the system that he used to work on and deleting a colleague's account after his job was outsourced. Mr. Millot's attorneys argued that his actions did not amount to $5K in damage--the threshold for the crime he was convicted of. The court disagreed, saying that IBM had done over $20K in work to undo his handiwork." Update: 01/14 19:55 GMT by J : Typo corrected; turns out the word "not" is important...

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Re:Go to jail already. by GrandWaz00 · 2006-01-14 08:27 · Score: 0, Flamebait

In the discussion so far (20 comments @ 2 & above), I don't see any evidence that "a lot of people here" should be tarred with that brush.

So, yes, if I had points, I'd mod you Troll.
Re:Eh ? by tealover · 2006-01-14 08:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You are an idiot if you think undeleting an account would be the proper response to a security incursion.

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-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to