Romanian Accused of Breaking Into NASA

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @03:13AM from the zero-cool-strikes-again dept.

alphadogg writes "Romanian authorities have arrested a 26-year old hacker who is accused of breaking into multiple NASA servers and causing $500,000 in damages to the U.S. space agency's systems. Robert Butyka, 26, was arrested on Tuesday in Western Romania following an investigation by the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism. According to local reports, the hacker used the online moniker of 'Iceman.' He does not have a higher education or an occupation, a DIICOT spokeswoman said."

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Re:Not in DC by LateArthurDent · 2011-11-16 07:54 · Score: 1, Offtopic

If a cop fails to prevent a crime due to neglicence, the city can be sued.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
From that wikipedia page:

DC's highest court ruled that the police do not have a legal responsibility to provide personal protection to individuals, and absolved the police and the city of any liability
If the police have no responsibility to provide personal protection to individuals what the hell are they for?