2013/1/15 R.Corrigan <[email protected]> > Glenn Mangham got convicted last year for hacking Facebook and allegedly > acquiring "invaluable" intellectual property. Afaik he had previously done > likewise to Yahoo! and got a reward for pointing out security holes. > R v Mangham was appealed (on sentence) to the Court of Appeal, which was reported, but the judgment doesn't seem to have made it to Bailii. I'll drop them a line to see if they can put it up.
It shows the hostility the courts have to hacking in general. Even reduced on appeal the starting point (before allowance for the early guilty plea) was 6 months in prison. -- Francis Davey
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