Hacker Posts His Crime On YouTube, Lands In Jail

wiredmikey writes "A former contract security guard who admitted hacking into a hospital's computer systems (where he worked), was sentenced to 110 months in Federal prison. Why did he do it? He admits that he intended to use the bots and the compromised computers to launch DDoS attacks on the websites of rival hacker groups. The FBI says he posted video of himself hacking into the hospital computers on YouTube — While the theme of 'Mission Impossible' played, he described his hack, step by step, including the insertion of a CD containing the OphCrack program, which allowed him to bypass all security. The FBI found the CD containing the OphCrack program in McGraw's house and found the source code for the bot on his laptop."

Ladies and Gentleman

[Tigger's Pet]

Do we have a winner for the prize of "stupidest person alive"? Who, with the slightest semblance of common sense, would think that posting a video of themselves doing this was a good idea? This ranks up there with the guy who used a camera mounted to his motorbike to record himself doing 140mph+ in the UK, then posted it on YouTube with his face and licence-plate.

Re:Seems a bit excessive

[betterunixthanunix]

Are we going to imprison the people who decided to use Windows as the operating system for a critical, safety-sensitive computer? Why are we acting like the problems here end with this guy? Computers are not some magical object that dark wizards vie for control over; the fact that this guy could have endangered hospital patients because he was interacting with the HVAC computer (and ultimately, that is what he was doing: interacting with the computer) says more about the problems with the HVAC controller than about the hacker.

Re:110 Months

[WrongSizeGlass]

That's not that bad. People could get much worse for having the police catch them with crack in their home!

That sentence is the least of his problems. Wait until the MPAA & RIAA find out he used the theme from 'Mission Impossible' in his YouTube posting without paying the appropriate licensing fees.

Re:Come on, dude.

[Hatta]

Don't be too hard on them. Any HVAC system can be circumvented using windows.