Reply to post: Re: This seems out of proportion to the offense

National Lottery Sentry MBA hacker given nine months in jail after swiping just £5

Steve Todd

Re: This seems out of proportion to the offense

The problem wasn't that he got away with £5, but rather that it cost a charitable organisation £230K to respond to the attacks, and lost them 250 customers. THATS the expensive bit.

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