Is This Journalist Guilty of Low-Level Vandalism, or High-Damage Hacking?

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> "If you bill a thousand dollars an hour, that will help us get it prosecuted"

The person who said this (Brandon Mercer) needs to see a courtroom, conviction, and jail cell. Conspiring to misrepresent damages in a criminal proceeding is a crime.

> For example, Leiderman specifically pointed out the word “fag,” saying that an “IRC expert” would explain its use to the jury. (In chan culture, “fag” is frequently used as a suffix for anyone or anything).

While it was baseline insane to give a bunch of known hackers login credentials, I can't help but wonder how Kafka-esque this trial is going to get.

Having just been to trial in relation to the very group involved in the Chippy1337, I'd say it'll be a complete mess.

We ended up with the prosecutor reading out hundreds of lines of IRC logs consisting almost entirely of in-jokes that nobody in the room but me could understand.

> We ended up with the prosecutor reading out hundreds of lines of IRC logs consisting almost entirely of in-jokes that nobody in the room but me could understand.

Out of curiosity, and if you're at liberty and in the mood to answer, how did you pass voire dire? Were attorneys on both sides comfortable with your familiarity with a computing subculture?

Did your familiarity with computing even come up?

Well, as the defendant I didn't really have to pass voire dire.

Thanks for your reply. I misread "Having just been to trial" as "Having just been in a trial".

I'm obviously biased, but the loaded question in this title drives me insane.

Could someone tell me why Brisbane Airport blocks this as adult material?

"Hacking" or "4chan" most likely.

Vice.com can have "mature" content.

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