Dutch courts: Wi-Fi 'hacking' is not a crime2011-03-21 10:44 by DanielaTags: Wi-Fi, broadband, hackers
A Dutch court has ruled that hacking into Wi-Fi connections is not a crime providing any connected computers remain untouched. However Wi-Fi freeloaders would still lay themselves open to civil proceedings. The unusual ruling came in the case of a student who threatened a shooting rampage against staff at students at Maerlant College in The Hague. The threat was posted on 4chan, the notoriously anarchic internet image board, after the student broke into a secure Wi-Fi connection. The unnamed student was caught and convicted of posting the message but acquitted on the hacking charge. The miscreant was sentenced to 120 hours of community service. Reports are vague on how the student hacker was tracked down, but it may well be that the denizens of 4chan got the ball rolling by reporting the threats to police, something that happened in a similar school massacre threat case in Michigan back in February. Read more -here-
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sava700 - 2011-03-21 11:32
Security is the responsibility of the owner, if you don't want your internet being used by someone else then secure your wireless.
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