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A 19 year old teenager was charged with 'unauthorized use of a computer' after downloading over 7,000 records from the Nova Scotia Freedom-of-Information web portal. The teenager whose name has not been released, has been accused of stealing documents from the portal, with many of them being publicly accessible and redacted.
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Teenager Charged for Nova Scotia Freedom of Information Web Portal Breach
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(Score: 1, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Monday April 23 2018, @11:14AM (4 children)
There has to be some form of punishment. I’m pro-life, as everyone knows. But hackers have been getting into our energy grid, into our EMAIL, into our hospitals, into our elections, into our credit agencies. Devastating so much of our cyber infrastructure. People are dieing because of it. And many people are saying, let's give hackers the death penalty. They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, should be executed for their crimes. They must serve as examples so that others will think long and hard before committing a crime or an act of violence. I am not looking to psychoanalyze them or understand them, I am looking to punish them. If the punishment is strong, the attacks on innocent people will stop. I watched a newscast trying to explain "the anger in these young men." I no longer want to understand their anger. I want them to understand our anger. I want them to be afraid. How can our great society tolerate the continued brutalization of its citizens by crazed misfits? Criminals must be told that their CIVIL LIBERTIES END WHEN AN ATTACK ON OUR SAFETY BEGINS!
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 23 2018, @11:16AM (1 child)
Except - this young knucklehead didn't really "hack" anything. He simply downloaded a bunch of stuff that was freely accessible. But, yeah, he's got to be punished.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by RS3 on Monday April 23 2018, @01:26PM
Yeah, I wish Congress would pass a law stating that _ANY_ URL / URI formed is fair game.
And no, it is _not_ the same as taking a penny you found on the ground.
It is the same as reading a newspaper you found laying on the ground, or taking a picture of said newspaper. No physical thing has been taken.
(Score: 2) by Virindi on Monday April 23 2018, @11:16AM (1 child)
You are really phoning it in these days with these posts. Big league. It is a disgrace, a disgrace.
(Score: 5, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Monday April 23 2018, @11:57AM
Some folks use computer. Good for them. I use my phone for tweeting. As everybody knows. I'm very popular. And my tweets are popular. Except with a few haters & losers (fmr WH people). Believe me, you're not a loser. Enjoy!