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Girma Nigusse

Judges And Prosecutors Throw The Book At Hackers

May 21, 2006

Those accused of cybercrimes are facing serious charges. That could spell the end of the white-hat hacker.

By Larry Greenemeier

Eric McCarty goes before a federal judge this month on charges he damaged the University of Southern California's online application system. McCarty, 25, says he was just trying to highlight the Web site's security vulnerabilities.

A not-guilty plea just might fly with a jury, since it doesn't appear McCarty did anything with the data he stole. But as data theft and other cybercrimes wreak damages nationwide, the "white-hat hacker" defense won't win him much sympathy. Meanwhile, prosecutors and judges are treating these cases much more seriously.

Source: http://www.informationweek.com/

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