Comment Re:$1.3? $100k?! (Score 1) 164
Firstly, this is (mostly) money that should have been spent in the first place securing the systems. If the holes existed and the figures being touted are the cost of plugging these holes, the 'hackers' haven't caused this spending to happen, they've merely caused this spending to happen NOW when it should have been spent when the system was first implemented. Aside from this, the sums involved are trifling amounts when you consider some of the pointless things the US government spends billions on. I very much doubt if your taxes will go up as a direct result of this incident!
Secondly, the sort of sentences being touted for what is essentially a victimless crime (in this instance as no damage was done) is appalling. Last week a guy in England got 10 years for abducting a 6 year old girl from her house and raping her. It seems this guy is looking at 10 times that. Granted we're talking about the US legal system which is considerably harsher that ours in general, but even so, this crime does not imo warrant such a severe sentence. All that has happened is that NASA will have to spend the money they should have spent in the first place.
Secondly, the sort of sentences being touted for what is essentially a victimless crime (in this instance as no damage was done) is appalling. Last week a guy in England got 10 years for abducting a 6 year old girl from her house and raping her. It seems this guy is looking at 10 times that. Granted we're talking about the US legal system which is considerably harsher that ours in general, but even so, this crime does not imo warrant such a severe sentence. All that has happened is that NASA will have to spend the money they should have spent in the first place.
