Suspended Jail for Hacking Tutorial in France
This is pretty remarkable from my point of view: In 2005 our Forensic team together with our Investigators obtained the identification and arrest of M. Jean-Charles S. for the illegal distribution of a hacking tutorial against MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger users. On June 12, 2008 the Tribunal Correctionnel (criminal court in France) sentenced this person with the following sanction (we announced that on September 17th):
- 6 months of suspended jail;
- 300 Euros in fine
- 5 000 Euros in damages
- 750 Euros in procedural costs
- Confiscation of the computer
Initially, in the first hearing the defendant was not present and he got the same sanctions with a fine on 8000 Euros. As he realized that this is becoming serious, he asked to be heard again and finally obtained a smaller fine which reflects his financial capabilities.
This is actually the first time I heard about something like that but it is a very good step towards a safer internet on the enforcement side as well
An article as initially published at PCinpact (in French – if you are in IE 8 Beta, right click and translate J):
https://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/46109-avocat-tutorial-MSN-piratage-messenger.htm
https://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/46070-pirateg-hacking-MSN-hotmail-diffusion.htm
Roger