Florida Man Arrested For Hacking Linux Kernel Organization In 2011 (softpedia.com) 37
An anonymous reader writes: The FBI seems to have solved the mysterious case of the 2011 kernel.org hack, when an unknown attacker breached kernel.org servers and attempted to install a rootkit in the kernel code. As years went by, the Linux Kernel Organization kept avoiding releasing an incident response surrounding the event, irking their community accustomed to more open communications from their leaders. The mystery seems to have been solved when yesterday a Florida man was arrested and charged with "hacking the Linux Kernel Organization" and installing a "rootkit and trojan software," just like in the 2011 kernel.org server breach. Donald Ryan Austin is his name. He was arrested during a routine traffic stop last Sunday, on August 28, 2016, and faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison, a fine of $250,000, and any other restitution.
10 years?? (Score:2, Insightful)
How come NOBODY at Sony is being held CRIMINALLY responsible for THEIR rootkit that infected MILLIONS of people????
Re:10 years?? (Score:5, Insightful)
Because they have lobbyists.
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This.
If it can be taxed it's legal.
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It was on the label
FLORIDA MAN (Score:1)
oh shit, it's that god-damned florida man again... didn't they kill him already?
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It least it wasn't the Humanzee [wikipedia.org].
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RTFA
Press release from DOJ (Score:4, Informative)
Here is the link: https://www.justice.gov/usao-n... [justice.gov]
The most badass criminal... (Score:1)
FLORIDA MAN. Most badass criminal with the longest criminal file of all times. Also, the most bizarre one.
Must have been the Russians. Or North Koreans. (Score:1)
Listening to Linus Thorvalds for 10 minutes (Score:1)
Routine Traffic Stop? (Score:2)