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 Ceriel+Nosforit · 2006-01-14 08:19 · Score: 0, Troll

Yes, I can:
Does his conviction exclude the possibility of him being innocent?
Does punishment the fit the crime?
Is there another explanation for why he did it?
In what jail should he be thrown in to?
How long should he be forced to stay there?
How will throwing him in jail compensate the victim of his crime?
What problem does jail-time solve?

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