A company can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on firewalls, intrusion detection systems and encryption and other security technologies, but if….

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime..

No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government system….

A hacker doesnt deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities..

Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you..