Obama Twitter hacker avoids jail A French hacker has avoided jail after he was convicted of breaking into the Twittier accounts of US presdent Barack Obama and other public figures and celebrities. Francois Cousteix (AKA Hacker-Croll), 23, received a five-month suspended sentence after a court in the central French region of Clermont-Ferrand accepted that he …
Well, David Kernell's sentencing hearing isn't until 24th September, so he hasn't technically "got serious jail time" yet. But, yeah, since he's expected to get 15 to 21 months, your point stands. Not surprisingly, since the "damage" caused by this sort of prank is political embarrassment, the penalty is commensurate with how much embarrassment it caused.
...committed his crime in the USA, not France. The laws and penalties in different countries are different. The the crimes were also different, though I don't know all the details. In the Palin case, the miscreant posted Palin's private emails on public areas of the net. He did not guess the password, but changed it, locking Palin out of her own account. His intent was obviously not to warn her or anyone else of poor security, but to embarrass and inconvenience her. He was charged with identity theft as well as hacking her email account. She was, at the time, a state governor, not just a media celebrity, so the privacy of her communications was a matter of more import, as was the possible theft of her identity.
Actually, I don't see where there is any comparison between the two cases.
It's easy to get emotional when the courts step in to apply laws and/or develop precedents about such "technical things" as one would give something of a care about.
Nice clarification, then - actual knowledge prevails over emotional jerking of knees, it would seem.
The French aren't exactly known for their excellent judgment... I KNEW hacking was illegal but I just wanted to warn people of the security risk. Right. I have some ocean front property in AZ and I know the ocean water will return any day now.
I did not think that there was anyone still shilling for the idiot child. Good to see that appealing to the lowest common denominator factor is still in effect. Allow me to discuss some items -
The idiot did willingly, knowingly and with malice seek to infiltrate systems that he knew were designated for and used by official functionaries of a foreign nation.
He read and ignored the warnings about the consequences of his actions and when caught admitted his crime.gainst a national system for his own personal gratification or ?curiosity?.
Do not do the crime if you do not want to chance doing time
Are we done with this yet? Okay, good then.
this would make sense.
however if you walk out of a grocery store with a pack of gum you didn't pay for and they catch you, your going to get into trouble.
most stores won't let you pay for the merchandise after you are caught since you probably have stolen before and gotten away.
there is no difference here, who knows how many other accounts this person has tried to break into or perhaps did break into. the excuse of testing security doesn't fly, this isn't 'ethical hacking'.
twitter nor the obama administration consulted this person to test the security of these accounts as far as I know.
there is no comparison to this in regards to the palin email case since that was politically motivated being the 'hacker' was the son of a democrat either in office or a democrat strategist, don't quite remember exactly.
however since obama is an illegal alien born in kenya that admittedly never even used twitter when the account was listed as his and verified I could care less.
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