Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech

Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by cosarara97 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @07:57AM (#14935317)

40 years in prison is way out of proportion, guilty or not. Are there black hats in the US currently serving this kind of sentences?

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Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by tryingagainbro on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:46AM (#14935439)

USA is famous for "You face 65248 years in jail, unless you plead guilty and agree to time served and 18 months probation."

But if he wrote the trojan and if a lot of people had their life turned upside down (identity theft and credit report issues aren't fun) I don't see why he shouldn't go to jail, for quite a while.

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Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by kyrre on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:00AM (#14935327)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez

This guy is doing 20 years.

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Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by Shivetya on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:56AM (#14935470)

Aaron Swartz all over again.

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Re:Regarding Marcus Hutchins aka MalwareTech by azm1 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @09:24AM (#14935540)

Oh my, please no...

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