THe_KELRaTH
Regular
Don't know if anybody has been following this case...
The acquittal of the teenage defendant in a high profile cybercrime case today is a setback for police that will have profound implications to the future of criminal prosecutions for computer crime in the UK, according to legal and security experts involved in the case...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33460.html
I was really suprised he actually got off with the "it wasn't me, someone planted a trojan on my PC" defence even though he's a member of a hacking group and even had his name in the code of the utility.
Looking at other case's it seems the Trojan excuse is the perfect get out clause.
The acquittal of the teenage defendant in a high profile cybercrime case today is a setback for police that will have profound implications to the future of criminal prosecutions for computer crime in the UK, according to legal and security experts involved in the case...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33460.html
I was really suprised he actually got off with the "it wasn't me, someone planted a trojan on my PC" defence even though he's a member of a hacking group and even had his name in the code of the utility.
Looking at other case's it seems the Trojan excuse is the perfect get out clause.