Gary McKinnon hack into 97 military computers searching for UFO secrets and now he ’s liable for $ 700,000 in security stop that were done afterward . As some say , why should he pay off for a lock if the room access was loose ?
Yes , McKinnon should make up for his law-breaking somehow , he did break the natural law after all , but to make up to close certificate gap he exposed while comitting the offense is a bit unreasonable . I ’m well-chosen that the derisory damages greenback is being challenged by expert , because as Peter Sommer , professor of protection at the London School of Economics , put it :
Damage assessment of estimator security measures severance should count “ whether the victims have taken reasonable step to fix the hurt ” .
According to what we ’re experience about this series of intrusions , they would ’ve been preventable , had Uncle Sam ’s certificate expert been on the ball . So really , they should be pay McKinnon a consultation fee for pointing out the security measures gaps in the first post . [ Computer WeeklyviaSlashdot ]
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