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The Void April 21st, 2014 6:13 PM

Hackers
 
Recently, the website of a friend of mine was hacked and vandalized by a group known as the Indonesian Defacer Team, led by Rifqi79. From 31 Dec 2012 to 1 Jan 2013, they hacked over 5000 websites including IBM, Microsoft, SIEMENS, AVG, and Foxconn, as well as thousands of government websites.

What are your thoughts/opinions on these types of hackers? If ever they were caught, what kind of punishment do you think they deserve?

Alexander Nicholi April 21st, 2014 6:40 PM

In my opinion the defacing of corporate websites has its place, but doing such things to show one's power or skills (or simply for the hell of it) is rather stupid. For example it would be far more recognizable and respectable in cause if, say, Facebook was taken down because of a change in their ToS that reduces your civil rights to the content you post or whathaveyou… as opposed to DDoSing the Microsoft website because you don't like their new updates. What these mongrels have done seems lower than the aforementioned latter case, in my opinion. :P

Hiatus April 22nd, 2014 5:25 AM

Hmm... I think should depend on how severe the hacking is. If it's harmless, then in my opinion, it'd probably be a good idea to let go off the hackers. One way or another, these type of hacking do webmasters more good than anything; it makes them be more aware of what flaws they have in regards to security, helping them improve. If it's something serious, though, such as retrieving some important information of sorts, then yes, that kind of action has definitely got to be prohibited. It could be seen as trespassing, you know? d:

twocows April 22nd, 2014 9:35 AM

They should have to cover any damages (including lost business for for-profit sites) and do a significant chunk of community service.


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