We have no idea how long the sentence will be. Prosecutors said under 5 years. If I had to guess, it'll be closer to two years.
I think the major problem with CFAA is the way in which sentences scale with damages. I generally think all criminal sentences are far too long.
At the same time, this is a really unsympathetic defendant.
It's not "minor vandalism" when the cleanup involves a $50,000 outside forensics investigation. I don't know if that's what Trib had to do, but much smaller companies than the Trib have had to pay much more in cleanup from otherwise innocuous breakins.
I think the major problem with CFAA is the way in which sentences scale with damages. I generally think all criminal sentences are far too long.
At the same time, this is a really unsympathetic defendant.
It's not "minor vandalism" when the cleanup involves a $50,000 outside forensics investigation. I don't know if that's what Trib had to do, but much smaller companies than the Trib have had to pay much more in cleanup from otherwise innocuous breakins.