Re:“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison
by rayiner on Monday March 18, 2013 @04:42PM
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> Is there not some level of basic accountability? I mean, shouldn't AT&T face penalties for hosting consumer data in such an egregiously unsafe fashion?
That's a separate issue.
> This is a web server that's only protection was prayer. There was no authentication, no verification and no accountability.
The protection was the fact that the information therein was obviously sensitive and not intended for public disclosure. In a civilized society, that's all that should be necessary.
> What makes me so mad is that AT&T can be so goddamn careless with my information and skate away free while the gentleman who exposed this lack of attention is sent to a jail for a very long time
He's not being sent to jail for "exposing this lack of attention." He's being sent to jail for exploiting this lack of attention tens of thousands of times more than was necessary to prove his point and for talking smack on IRC that led people to believe that he might sell those e-mail addresses for profit.
That's a separate issue.
> This is a web server that's only protection was prayer. There was no authentication, no verification and no accountability.
The protection was the fact that the information therein was obviously sensitive and not intended for public disclosure. In a civilized society, that's all that should be necessary.
> What makes me so mad is that AT&T can be so goddamn careless with my information and skate away free while the gentleman who exposed this lack of attention is sent to a jail for a very long time
He's not being sent to jail for "exposing this lack of attention." He's being sent to jail for exploiting this lack of attention tens of thousands of times more than was necessary to prove his point and for talking smack on IRC that led people to believe that he might sell those e-mail addresses for profit.