Re: Is it illegal?
That's why in decent countries weapons are highly regulated. Should they regulate software too? If you write malware to be used in a banking trojan you're not writing a regular piece of code, and you know what it will be used for - especially if get paid for it by crooks.
I'm happy he outgrown it and prefer to help against that now, but he made a big stupid mistake and people suffered from it. Maybe if you had your share of troubles because of it you would think differently.
The judge took the right decision, but it doesn't mean his past behaviour was good, right and legal.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
