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posted by on Thursday May 04 2017, @10:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the using-linux-is-not-a-crime dept.

Linux Mint terrorist Samata Ullah has been jailed for eight years by Cardiff Crown Court.

Ullah, as we reported on Friday, was caught with, among other things, a USB cufflink loaded with a copy of the Linux distro.

The former insurance worker pleaded guilty to five terrorism charges, including being a member of Islamic State and two charges of possessing terrorist material.

Vice's Motherboard offshoot had a look round his "basic Wordpress" blog aimed at promoting Islamic State propaganda. They noted that police investigators seized more than 6.1 terabytes of data from his Cardiff home.

Pronunciation tip: the 'll' in 'Ullah' is a voiceless lateral fricative.


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday May 04 2017, @03:03PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday May 04 2017, @03:03PM (#504347)

    This PowerPoint is also very Betteridge-y. I guess it kind of makes sense if it's a presentation aide for talking to a bunch of people at a conference about it, but e.g. your claim that Mint (again not actually the subject of the article) is more insecure than Windows is one of the aforementioned bulletpoints with a question mark.

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  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday May 05 2017, @05:18AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Friday May 05 2017, @05:18AM (#504692) Journal

    relevant previous topics:

    Mint Cinnamon ISOs Hacked
    /article.pl?sid=16/02/21/0517219 [soylentnews.org]

    Linux Mint Site is Up Again
    /article.pl?sid=16/02/28/0429236 [soylentnews.org]

    Why the Linux Mint Hack is an Indicator of a Larger Security Problem
    /article.pl?sid=16/02/29/025201 [soylentnews.org]