They got one of them

[Nix]

Originally posted by VerLux
Young people just don't realize how much trouble and damage they can cause by creating something and being careless and irresponsible with it

Hmm teen pregnancy springs to mind - but that's a total digression from the topic and can be left well alone.

[VerLux]

Originally posted by Nix
Hmm teen pregnancy springs to mind - but that's a total digression from the topic and can be left well alone.

A bunch of different things spring to mind, I agree. Young drivers are very dangerous, not only because they aren't yet skilled at driving but because they don't realize how dangerous a car can be. I once knew a kid (16) who liked to try to hack people's computers. Do I believe he was deliberately trying to hurt people? I think he had no real idea of what he was doing. He simply lacked the life experience to have any idea of the consequences - what it was like to be on the receiving end, what the real-life damage was, and what it was like to try to clean up the aftermath. Over time I've personally known several young hackers like that. I've also known a couple who were very deliberately malicious, wanting to cause harm to large numbers of people. One told me he was going to take down a website for revenge against its users - he was 19. There is a significant difference in intent, but the consequences are the same.

[Leurgy]

He simply lacked the life experience to have any idea of the consequences - what it was like to be on the receiving end.

The above is a quote from Verlux, and I would have quoted him properly, if only I could find the darn quotation marks on this laptop.

Verlux, that was spoken very eloquently.

[VerLux]

Originally posted by Leurgy
Verlux, that was spoken very eloquently.

thank you

[globe_shoes15]

honestly i think if hew didnt have malicious intent, but was just curious and wanted to learn then yes let him go not without some form of punishment tho, i thik its great to see kids wanting to learn more and more about computers, but some just dont have the responsibilty requiremtns

[DuaneB]

They caught one more. A juvenile in the US.

"The Justice Department called the worm a "variant of the Blaster computer worm." However, the statement describes a different worm--the Randex.E worm, which uses the same flaw as the MSBlast worm to install a Trojan horse program known as SDBot. The program connects to the Internet relay chat (IRC) system and awaits commands from the attacker."

http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5083096.html

[104456]

Another person has been arrested in relation to the Blaster worm that infected computers worldwide last month. This time the individual is a juvenile, prosecutors in Seattle said Friday, which in the U.S. typically means under the age of 18.


The suspect allegedly was involved with the release of the "RPCSDBOT" variant of the Blaster worm, according to the statement. The worm infected computers and attempted to shut down a Microsoft Web site, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/...uvenile_1.html

Several weeks in juvie hall by the look of it

[DuaneB]

Sentenced.

Man Sentenced for Releasing Computer Worm (Blaster)
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/l...n/10760338.htm

"A teenager was sentenced Friday to 1 1/2 years in prison for unleashing an Internet worm that crippled 48,000 computers in 2003. He will have to pay restitution to Microsoft and to people whose computers were affected. The amount will be determined at a hearing next month."

[SuperSparks]

Clearly American judges are just as likely to fall for any old sob story as British ones

I really don't see that sentence being very much of a deterrent at all.