Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist

Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by portent on Sunday June 18, 2017 @06:43AM (#14580044)

The "Computer Fraud and Abuse Act" applies to the US. What if the hacker lives somewhere else? Then that law does not apply to him, and the action was not illegal.

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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday June 18, 2017 @08:05AM (#14580310)

I would assume all allied countries have similar laws and therefore share extradition treaties.

Even countries that don't have shared extradition treaties don't always ignore criminals within their borders, even if the criminal activity is occurring outside.

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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by TomMarius on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:17AM (#14580152)

Are you familiar with the individual known as Kim Dotcom?

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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by ryanlol on Sunday June 18, 2017 @09:53AM (#14580632)

The guy that the US has been unable to get to for years and who could flee NZ at any time to a friendlier jurisdiction if he so wished? Yeah.

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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by TomMarius on Sunday June 18, 2017 @10:08AM (#14580688)

I have a feeling that it wasn't exactly problem-free for him.

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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by ryanlol on Sunday June 18, 2017 @02:23PM (#14582036)

Nothing in life is exactly problem-free. It's just easy to overestimate his troubles, which at this point are almost exclusively financial in nature.

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