As virus writing is increasing, average time to infection is decreasing, according to a Danish Internet security firm. Sophos’ chart of activity for the first six months of 2005 reports there is now a 50 percent chance of being infected by an Internet worm in just 12 minutes of being online using an unprotected, unpatched Windows PC. Patrick Hinojosa, CTO for Panda Software U.S., said trojans that allow a cybercriminal to remotely run code on another’s computer without the user’s consent is a major trend he has seen since June of 2004.
Says the article: "When comparing a dumb teenager with other Internet criminals who plot to steal millions of credit card details or bank account information from infected PCs, it's clear who should get the harsher sentences." Yes, the virus writer who cases hundreds of million dollars damage world wide should get the harsher sentence. Treat the kid as if he'd blown up a building. Ten years in prison minimum.
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Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire July 1, 2005 11:11 AMAs virus writing is increasing, average time to infection is decreasing, according to a Danish Internet security firm. Sophos’ chart of activity for the first six months of 2005 reports there is now a 50 percent chance of being infected by an Internet worm in just 12 minutes of being online using an unprotected, unpatched Windows PC. Patrick Hinojosa, CTO for Panda Software U.S., said trojans that allow a cybercriminal to remotely run code on another’s computer without the user’s consent is a major trend he has seen since June of 2004.
"When comparing a dumb teenager with other Internet criminals who plot to steal millions of credit card details or bank account information from infected PCs, it's clear who should get the harsher sentences."
Yes, the virus writer who cases hundreds of million dollars damage world wide should get the harsher sentence. Treat the kid as if he'd blown up a building. Ten years in prison minimum.