Hacker Posts His Crime On YouTube, Lands In Jail 176
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."
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Re:Security researchers or confidential informants (Score:5, Insightful)
That depends on whose home it is. If it's a rich assholes home, probably not
You do realize that this means you, too, are an asshole, and that someone even lower on the moral chain than yourself will watch someone break into your house and do nothing for the same reason?
The chain of violence only stops when people like you stop demonizing based on external factors.
Re:Security researchers or confidential informants (Score:5, Insightful)
I always ask people, at what magical number does 'theft' become 'economic justice'?
Re:You are ridiculous (Score:4, Insightful)
Should read: Dumbass posts his crime on Youtoob... (Score:2, Insightful)
There. I fixed it for you.
Re:Security researchers or confidential informants (Score:5, Insightful)