Pity

Damn, these guys are brilliant. Stupid, but brilliant.

An oxymoron, you say? These 2 youths, one 22YO and one 24YO, were part of a hacker team that unleased the TK Worm on the world.

All that brain power, all that creativity, all that passion. And the courts may have convicted them, but the courts are also convinced that their crimes were without evil intent. Not for gain, nor "nefarious purpose". Just. To. See. If. They. Could.

"The men admitted a conspiracy charge in May this year for their part in creating what was called the T-K Worm. It used internet chat channels to infect other computers which then gave the hackers control of them. They were arrested in 2003 after a joint investigation by hi-tech crime officers in Britain and the US..... The men, who did not benefit financially from their actions, were part of a group called the Threat Krew". Newcastle Crown Court heard how one police computer became infected with the worm and spread it to 19,000 other computers in two weeks.

What a waste, eh? All that talent. They'll prolly come out of their 6-month jail term with prohibitions on touching ANY sort of electronics. If I were them, I'd bloody be Queen already.


Good thing I'm not evil, eh?