Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device

Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by gridlockd on Friday April 19, 2019 @01:19AM (#19697274)

> I hope he gets the full 10 years.

Ten years for vandalism? That's injustice.

You don't even know why he did it. Perhaps he was just an idiot, perhaps he had a legitimate grievance that he didn't know how to "rectify" otherwise.

> Nothing like the US Penitentiary System to teach you a lesson.

Oh really? Then why does the US system have one of the highest rates of recidivism in the world? Why does the US have the highest incarceration rate in the world, perhaps with the exception of North Korea?

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by tluyben2 on Friday April 19, 2019 @02:36AM (#19697529)

> Perhaps he was just an idiot,

Considering he filmed it, this is the most likely explanation anyway; you should ruin someone life over that? Make him pay 200k in fines and that’s it; jail time is insane for this imho.

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by 1024core on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:13PM (#19702176)

Problem is, the fine will be paid by his parental units, which doesn't teach him a lesson at all; in fact, it reinforces the lesson that he can do anything he wants, and parents will take care of it.

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by londons_explore on Monday April 22, 2019 @04:38AM (#19717407)

If he's over 18, his parents wouldn't be liable.

Would you pay a 200k fine for your child?

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by codedokode on Friday April 19, 2019 @08:55AM (#19699161)

Exactly. Nobody got hurt, so a fine is enough. To stop him from doing this again, there could be a harsher punishment for repeated offence.

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