Cyber criminal prosecutions are on the rise along with prison time. Aaron Swartz was threatened with 30 years of prison for wanting a university database to be free. Some malicious hackers should serve significant sentences in prison — and those guilty of theft need to pay back every cent they stole. But the Swartz saga in particular indicates the pendulum has swung too far the other way in some instances, says John Sutter. Sutter: “I’m no friend of the malicious hacker. I think all unauthorized significant and malicious computer activity should be punished””]
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