Comment Today . . . (Score 1) 562
Today it is $183,000 for participating in a DDOS, covering the costs of a security firm hired previous to the DDOS to protect from the DDOS. Not long ago, it was millions of dollars for supposedly damaging the network of San Francisco, by not giving up the passwords for a week. Add to that Swartz having thirty-years in jail threatened, millions in legal feeds. The computer abuse and fraud laws are the problem. I could kill or rape someone and get off for less. But, apparently, threatening the plutocracy is the worst offense according to the plutocracy.