[IP] more on Hard time? Not for cyber criminals
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From: "Michael E. Meyers" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:11:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subj: Re: [IP] more on Hard time? Not for cyber criminals
Dave, I read an interesting bit on this in a security/hacking book a
few months ago... regards, Michael
From, Donald I. Pipkin.s book, "Halting the Hacker" pg. 199
(Hewlett-Packard 2nd ed. 2003):
[QUOTE]
It has been noted that if a bank is robbed by someone with a gun, the
criminal will be hunted to the ends of the earth with whatever means
necessary. But if a bank is robbed by someone with a computer, it is
likely that the bank will not even acknowledge that a crime has been
committed in order to avoid the publicity. Here are some statistics that
illustrate the point*:
The average armed robber will get $2,500 to $7,500 with the risk of being
shot and killed.
50-60 sixty percent of armed robbers will be caught and 80 percent of
those will be convicted and sentenced to an average of five years hard
time.
The average computer criminal will get $50,000 to $500,000 with a risk of
being fired or going to jail.
Ten percent of those computer criminals that are discovered are caught,
with only 15 percent of those caught being reported to authorities.
Over 50 Percent of these reported never go to trial due to lack of
evidence or a desire to avoid publicity.
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p. 210 A New Jersey man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for
unleashing the .Melissa. virus in 1999, causing millions of dollars in
damage and infecting untold numbers of computers.
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p. 212 Jon Sankus, the leader of DringOrDie, got 46 Months in federal
prison for violating criminal copyright law, [he] supervised and managed
the daily operations of the approximately 65 group members from over 12
countries . acquiring new software, stripping or circumventing its
copyright protections and releasing it over the Internet.
12/2001
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p. 224 Texas Computer Crimes Act, which is not substantially different
from that of any other state, . by [these laws] looking at someone.s
digital watch without permission could be a felony.
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