Comments on: Man guilty of accessing tsunami site

Computer consultant is fined for gaining unauthorized access to donation site for victims of last year's Asian tsunami.

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The is question why did he do it?

http://www.therockerscabin.com/

[Marcus Westrup]

Simple answer

People who work in security Want to catch the ?bad guys?. Cuthbert thought he had stumbled onto a scam, and it was his duty (if not his job) to check it out. Unfortunately the law tends to protect the bad guys over the good, so by strict interpretation he was guilty.
But what really got Cuthbert into trouble was not coming clean to police early on. It?s a human mistake he is paying for.

And honestly, I would have investigated any site I thought was running a scam.

???

The is question why did he do it?

http://www.therockerscabin.com/

[Marcus Westrup]

Simple answer

People who work in security Want to catch the ?bad guys?. Cuthbert thought he had stumbled onto a scam, and it was his duty (if not his job) to check it out. Unfortunately the law tends to protect the bad guys over the good, so by strict interpretation he was guilty.
But what really got Cuthbert into trouble was not coming clean to police early on. It?s a human mistake he is paying for.

And honestly, I would have investigated any site I thought was running a scam.