Rooted boxen and the law

Tue Jun 5 17:42:17 UTC 2001

At 09:54 AM 6/5/01 -0700, Dalvenjah FoxFire wrote:
>You may be able to report the case to the police as well, but unless
>you're heavily interested in pressing charges, chances are it'll just
>be filed and reported up the ladder to the feds anyhow.

Depends on your local police. Here in Austin they are surprisingly 
interested in prosecuting computer crime. A few months ago I had a client 
who hacked someone's website and left dirty fingerprints all over the 
place. In many locales nothing would have ever happened, but the police 
made an official request for logs, confiscated his computers, collected 
supporting evidence, and charged him with some sort of crime. I didn't 
follow up to see what the disposition was, but I suspect that he at least 
paid a hefty fine. In other areas I've seen the police completely clueless.