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Email Bomber Faces Retrial

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the putting-the-case-back-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A UK teenager who was cleared last year of launching a denial-of-service attack now faces a retrial. Judges have ruled that crashing a server with five million emails probably isn't permitted under the law. With NASA hacker Gary McKinnon vowing to fight on after losing his extradition fight yesterday, it's been a busy few days for the UK courts."

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  1. What is british spam like, anyway? by Orrin+Bloquy · · Score: 5, Funny

    T/\lly H0! Av01d y0ur ch3m15t's f0r ch33p laudanum!

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  2. nothing to do by Mydron · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's been a busy few days for the UK courts

    Yes, I'm sure they had nothing to do before these guys came along.

    1. Re:nothing to do by icydog · · Score: 2, Funny

      You must be one of those ignorant Americans. Don't you know that the UK only ever has two types of criminals? Those who hack into US military servers and those who blow up servers with emails?

  3. Re:Uh huh by heinousjay · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shhh. Here on Slashdot we like to pretend that the world revolves around the twin pillars of technology and socialism.

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  4. Ah. Chinese spam. by Orrin+Bloquy · · Score: 2, Funny

    So that explains why twenty minutes later I'm deleting spam again.

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  5. Double Jeopardy by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the European Commission on Human Rights protected against double jeopardy. And no, Alex, I won't take Brussels for $200.

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  6. From a spammer by this+great+guy · · Score: 1, Funny

    So now we can't even send a small batch of 5 million emails without risking jail ? Pffffff. - Anonymous spammer

  7. Re:Queue the oppologists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, they have to wait in line like everyone else.