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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: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.