Romanian phisher gets 50 month prison term A Romanian man has been sentenced to serve more than four years in US prison for taking part in a sophisticated phishing scam that cost financial institutions at least $150,000. Ovidiu-Ionut Nicola-Roman, 23, of Craiova, Romania, received 50 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In July, he …
There's a difference between idle misguided curiousity and mooching through an already insecure system, and deliberately targetting and emptying bank accounts on purpose.
If you can't see the difference, feel free to publish your bank account details - remember to include the CVV just so we know you're still in possession of the card.
The other disparity is that McKinnon is accused of "costing" the US Gov hundreds of thousands of pounds to fix their *already* broken security - he isn't responsible for breaking it, he just used it while it was already broken.
The guy "phishing" meanwhile has caused real, and possibly irreparable damage to his marks' finances.
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