18 months??
89k as well? to changed a compromised password?
wtf?
Two of the three men convicted of commandeering the comcast.net domain name have been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. Christopher Allen Lewis, 20, of Delaware and Michael Paul Nebel, 28, of Michigan were also ordered to pay $89,778.13 in restitution each, according to federal prosecutors in Philadelphia. Part of a …
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One to write the manual on the procedures to determine the options for selecting a new password, one to do the mathematical modeling on password strength, one to type the research paper documenting password selection methods, one to submit the paper for publishing, one to prevent the paper from being published due to security concerns, and one to hire a student to do type in the new password.
That depends on the circumstances. If it looks like you did it on purpose, it is murder. If it is an accident, in the UK it would probably be "driving without undue care and attention" (a fine at most).
As an aside, if it can be proven that you planned to kill the person, instead of -let's say- you got into an argument and you got besides yourself, that again aggrivates the whole thing much more.
Not saying if 18 months is fair or not (a suspended sentence could have done the job imho), but it is a bit overly simplistic to compare the two.
Why would they even use a comcast.net email account for the domain registration? They should have used their comcast.com domain; then they would need to call the corporate help desk.
Comcast has never been bright though. They will lie to their customers of what they actually do. They don't even understand DHCP.
Comcasts new get out clause for their contracts maybe?
T&C's may vary but never in your favour, so whats optimal for you you, 4 months in the slammer and $130k compensation, or remain tied into Comcast for the remaining 18 months. I bet a lot of people would rather take the 4 months and $130k.
Btw, did they get to keep the 'phone, or did the judge order that returned as well?
Why wasn't the employee that provided the information simply held responsible?
How many employees at comcast have the authority to access such 'critical' information.
This just goes to show how biased our justice system is when it comes to corporations vs small business.
Comcast.net is not an 'infrastructure' website. It's basically a tabloid/yahoo type website.
Good to see the mega-corps get justice and at the same time when they are taken to court for things they do get a pass.
Sad as it is the initial intent was to a) prove they could do it b) have a laugh at the stuck up self importance of an American Corporation.
In my opinion a fine would have been appropriate - the slammer for a corporate "loss" of $90k is totally OTT - it's not like they took the cash from the till.
Another reason to minimise dealings with US companies and avoid their country.