Re: Crackers & the law

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:29:53 -0000, jayjwa
<jayjwa@nowhere.org> wrote:
>
> I was just wondering, what are the chances of someone getting
> caught/prosecuted for cracking a system? It seems like it's a very low
> percentage of all the systems cracked. I've sent a couple of abuse
> reports before, and even on smaller networks, the compromised systems
> where still up, still there, attacking like usual. It doesn't seem like
> much is ever done about it. Is there anyone that's either had someone
> prosecuted for being caught cracking their system or even know of a
> case in which the crackers where caught?

Read "The Cuckoo's Egg" by Clifford Stoll.


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