Japan's Alleged Death Threat-Making, Cat-Hacking Programmer Says He's Innocent

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Inside the memory card in the cat's collar, authorities found a resentful message criticizing the police along with versions of the virus (iesys.exe) used to carry out the threat messages, which were made remotely, through other people's computers. If you hadn't heard about the story in the news, you'd be forgiven for confusing it with the plot of a Haruki Murakami novel. In Tokyo District Court Wednesday, the former employee of a Japanese IT company wore a black suit, a wide smile, and pleaded not guilty to 10 charges brought against him. The Japan Times explained the string of threats were directed at 'schools and kindergartens attended by the Emperor Akihito's grandchildren,' as well as a Japan Airlines jet headed for New York. The plane had to stop mid-flight, costing the airline ¥9.75 million (about $93,000)."

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Re:"The plane had to stop mid-flight"

[JustOK]

The Law of Gravity doesn't apply over international waters

Re:"The plane had to stop mid-flight"

[TapeCutter]

Either that. or the plane had air brakes.

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[Arancaytar]

KitKat, of course.