My answers are in line

MafiaBoy was a Canadian teenager that perpetrated a DOS attack on =
Yahoo,=20
Dell, eBay, Amazon.com, etc. - not "hack(ing) IBM,MS,Governments =
etc.".

Jeff was 14 yrs old at the time. And yes he did hack in there. The =
records on his HD when examined did show. That is why you had this =
commotion with top US law enforcement agencies also coming here. This is =
on record which is public and can be viewed here at the Palais of =
Justice by anyone

He was sentenced to 8 months in detention plus one year of probation,=20
which would have been up 2 years ago. His sentence didn't include any=20
long-term restriction on computer use

Yes it did. He has 3 more yrs left. He cannot come over here but my son =
goes over to his house.

He was sentenced to 8 months in detention plus one year of probation,=20

That was house detention and was able to go out for only schooling. His =
probation was for 4 yrs.


How does one sue a newsgroup, anyway? Where and to whom would the suit =

be served

Microsoft Canada was sued. Microsoft Canada has since been closed and is =
no longer here.
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Peter

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"JE McGimpsey" wrote in message =
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Nice fairy tale.
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MafiaBoy was a Canadian teenager that perpetrated a DOS attack on =
Yahoo,=20
Dell, eBay, Amazon.com, etc. - not "hack(ing) IBM,MS,Governments =
etc.".
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He was sentenced to 8 months in detention plus one year of probation,=20
which would have been up 2 years ago. His sentence didn't include any=20
long-term restriction on computer use.
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His dad, btw, was arrested the same day as MafiaBoy was for taking out =
a=20
contract on a business colleague. Might that have anything to do with=20
anything?
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Given that Content Advisor password removers are still sold, and free=20
hacks are still posted, if your 95 anecdote is true (I couldn't find=20
anything via Google, though it didn't sound unfamiliar), it certainly=20
didn't set much of a precedent.
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How does one sue a newsgroup, anyway? Where and to whom would the suit =

be served?
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In article ,
"Peter Foldes" wrote:
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Sorry to jump in here but how many of you remember the old Microsoft =
server =20
newsgroup MSNNEWS. This goes back to 95. It was moderated at the =
time.
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There was a post there in 95 where someone posted that he set up the =
Content=20
Advisor so his kids will not be able to get into certain sites. Now =
he said=20
that he forgot the Password and needed help. He had numerous answers =
on how=20
to get around it and open it.=20
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Well about a month later in the newspapers and TV there was the story =
that a=20
Father is suing MS and that newsgroup for telling his child on how to =
get rid=20
of that password . BTW he won the case and a large some of money.
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The point is you do not know who is who and what is what.
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Today that child that did that is not allowed near a computer for =
another 3=20
yrs. His nickname was the Mafia Boy. Yep the same one that made =
National and=20
International headlines when he hacked IBM,MS,Governments etc.