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ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Ü ß ÞÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßÛ ÛÜÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Ü ÞÝ ÞÛÝ ÛÛ ÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÜÛß ÜÛÛÜÜÛÛ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÜÛß
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ÜÛß ßÛÛÜ ÜÛÛß ÜÛßÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÜ ßÛÛß ßÛÛÜ Ûß ÜÛßÜÛ
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ßßÛÛÜ ÛßÛÛÜß ÛÛ ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÛÛ ÜÛß ÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ Û ÞÛÝ Û
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ßÛÛ Û ß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛ Û ÛÛÜÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÜ
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ÛÛ Û ÛÛ ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÛÛßÛÛÜ ÛÛ Û ÛÛÛ ÞÛÝ ÛÛ
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ßÜÜÛß ÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÜÛß ÜÛÛ ÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛ ÛÛ ßÛÜÛßÜ
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ßÛÛßÛÜ ßÛÛß ßÛß ßÛÛÜ Ûß ßÛÛ Ûß
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ÛÛÜÛß ÛÛ Û ÛÛÛÜ Û ÞÛÛÝ
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ÜÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛßÜ ÜÛ ÛÛ ÜÛ ÛÛÜ
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:PRESENTS:
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CYBER-ADDICTION
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Did anyone hear of a news item about a boy in England who was brought
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up on hacking charges but pleaded not guilty because he claimed that
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he was not responsible for his actions due to his severe addiction to
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computers?
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A good motto, don't y'all agree? P.S. I hope to hell this "boy in
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England" isn't Craig Shergold.
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The case they are thinking of may be this Mitnick guy. Not British.
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A contemporary account of the case follows:
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Kevin Mitnick is the hacker once called "as dangerous with a keyboard as a
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bank robber with a gun."
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His first plea bargain was rejected by U.S. District Judge Mariana R.
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Pfaelzer as too lenient. He subsequently reached a new agreement, with no
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agreed-upon prison sentence, in which pleaded guilty to stealing a DEC
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security program and illegal possession of 16 long-distance telephone codes
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belonging to MCI Telecommunications Corp. If convicted of all counts,
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Mitnick faced a maximum sentence of 20 years and a fine of $750,000.
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According to a story by Henry Weinstein in the 18 July 1989 'Los Angeles
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Times', Judge Pfaelzer said Monday that she will sentence Mitnick to a year
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in a rehabilitation center, where he can be treated for his "addiction."
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It is believed to be the first time a person indicted for a computer
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hacking - related crime will be treated as an addict.
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Harriet Rossetto, the director of the rehabilitation center said that
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Mitnick would benefit from the program. She said that Mitnick's "hacking
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gives a sense of self-esteem he doesn't get in the real world.... This is a
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new and growing addiction . There was no greed involved. There was no
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sabotage involved.... He's like a kid playing Dungeons and Dragons."
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Asst. U.S. Attorney James R. Asperger told Pfaelzer that he was amenable to
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the rehabilitation plan, in part because Mitnick has cooperated extensively
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with the government in its case against DiCicco, Mitnick's one-time friend
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who turned him in. Asperger said that Mitnick had turned out to be
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considerably less harmful than the government had originally thought,
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particularly since he not broken into DEC's computer system out of malice
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or to make money.
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Judge Pfaelzer said she will rule on whether Mitnick should serve any
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additional prison time, beyond the seven months he has so far spent in
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federal custody. DiCicco still faces one federal charge of illegally
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transporting a stolen program (!).
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Sounds like an interesting starting point for the AFU legal staff.
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And an even more interesting way for those who need an escape from
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the law.
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I like the D&D analogy by the judge.
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-Johnny
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