Hehe :D :D
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/09/13/mafiaboy.sentence.ap/index.html

thats laughable.
It should be double and a few thousand dolla fine.
at the very least
and suspension of use of a computer for 5 years.

People think that they can get away for crimes on the internet..

Craig

As said by one of the victims of attack . . . .

"I'm pleased by the fact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and FBI demonstrated this type of activity can be tracked and a successful prosecution can result," he said. "This is perhaps more important than the actual sentence since many hackers don't seem to believe they'll ever be prosecuted."

The severity of the sentence is limited by the fact that mafiaboy was fifteen years old at the time.

to eight months in a detention center and fined $165.

$165, eh? :D :D

8 years sounds a little better to me....

Greg Moore

If he would be 18 or over, he would face jail-time, not detention.
He can call himself lucky.

The worst part of all this is that with the 8-month jail time and $165 fine mafiaboy is destined to become another super-star of the future, just like Kevin Mitnick has become. These guys go around and cause grief, anger, loss of money and time, and all they get is fame. Next there'll be a movie about this jackass and companies will hire him for millions of dollars.

Anyone seen the movie "Takedown"? It totally depicts Mitnick as a hero. This is how twisted the world has become. Soon Bin Laden will be a hero too... Go figure...

What good would come out of it if Mafiaboy went to jail for longer (the maximum jail sentence for minors in Canada is 3 years, btw)? He was just an immature 15-year-old.

Originally posted by qslack
What good would come out of it if Mafiaboy went to jail for longer (the maximum jail sentence for minors in Canada is 3 years, btw)? He was just an immature 15-year-old. Well, for one, maybe he'd be a more mature eighteen year old.
For another; it may persuade other fifteen year olds that behavior would not be tolerated.

I think he should be in a detention center until he turns 18.

No fine though, come on mommy and daddy will just pay it anyway

Aloha

OK I go back to old Kapu
smash his hands so they are unuseable and he will not do that again
also his cool buddies will think twice about it

yeah I am a wacko ;)
but man this stuff has got to stop

Maybe the government could've used this guy as an example and put him into adult jail. I want to see what is he going to do then.

Originally posted by qslack
What good would come out of it if Mafiaboy went to jail for longer (the maximum jail sentence for minors in Canada is 3 years, btw)? He was just an immature 15-year-old.

What's the point of locking up anyone at all then?

Originally posted by Skeptical
What's the point of locking up anyone at all then?

Some countries do it to rehabilitate, and others (US?) do it for revenge. Some people think that by hurting someone (taking away rights etc) they somhow begin to live and uphold the good of the system. I dout it, ever heard of the word re-affender?!

Later,
Douglas

Originally posted by Skeptical
Anyone seen the movie "Takedown"? It totally depicts Mitnick as a hero [and that's bad].I would have more sympathy for your position if it weren't for the fact that Mitnick didn't gain financially from his escapades and he was held illegally for three years in a federal prison.

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
Well, for one, maybe he'd be a more mature eighteen year old.
For another; it may persuade other fifteen year olds that behavior would not be tolerated.

Unfortunately it's not that simple, they way live is behind bars, he would come out as a 18 year old hard criminal, with a hate for the legal system and mad at the world