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Japanese 13-Year-Old Arrested For Virus Creation

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-it's-not-singapore dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last year, Japan criminalized virus creation and just saving a virus on [one's] own computer. According to Yomiuri Shimbun, Kyoto police have arrested a 13-year-old (Japanese language original), second grade of junior high school student from Tokyo, for allegedly creating a computer shutdown virus and operating an exchange board of hackers. Kyoto police also arrested a 23-year-old construction worker for allegedly teaching how to make a virus on their board and saving a virus on his computer."

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  1. Sony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Time to go arrest Sony's Execs for their rootkits.

    1. Re:Sony by kelemvor4 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Time to go arrest Sony's Execs for their rootkits.

      If Japan is anything like the USA, then corporations are above the law unless they start to become unprofitable for the shareholders.

  2. Re:Doesn't even need to look that far by Rinikusu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As a South Korean American, I can assure you xenophobia/racism is alive and well in Korea.

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  3. Re:OP Spreading FUD and Propaganda by similar_name · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you really believe they should wait until it does damage to arrest (e.g., steals credit card info and uses, spams a ton of crap)?

    Personally, I do believe a crime has not happened until it affects another person.

  4. Re:Doesn't even need to look that far by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Korea without xenophobia" makes about as much sense as "Germany without beer".

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  5. Re:Should have known better by RKBA · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Neither the US Constitution nor the Bill of Rights protect you from anything at all, since they are merely historical pieces of hemp paper that our federal government has been completely ignoring for a long, long time. The Constitution was written in plain simple language so that everyone could read and understand it. They expected the people to read it and understand their unalienable rights and the restrictions placed on the federal government by the Constitution -- but most importantly they expected the people to enforce the Constitution, which is one of the reasons they were vehemently opposed to a large standing government army and preferred a militia composed of the people.

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  6. Why is it illegal? by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it's my computer, it's *MY* computer !!

    What do I want to do with it is *MY* business !!

    Japan must have fucked up seriously with this type of stupid law !!
     

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