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Well, between getting doxxed and annihilating any chance he had at getting a lenient sentencing, the more sensible decision would have probably been to sit on his hands and bide time for a couple months lol.
Given he's autistic, that's probably actually impossible for him to do.
Well in that case I guess he's been cursed by fate in an uncaring world 🤷
But at least we can punish him. Eh?
That'll teach him for being congenitally neurodivergent.
And… I mean, a criminal.
I’m not commenting on the moral issues but laws exist and they were broken.
He can be convicted of his crime, but there is no need to punish him.
isn't that what happens with white collar crime?
Yeah, but that's because of an "old boys club" looking out for their members, and limited liability companies protecting directors from the consequences of their direction. Those white collar criminals should suffer the consequences of their crimes: they are deliberate and malicious.
This poor schumck has autism spectrum disorder. He may be genuinely incapable of self regulating various behaviours. Therefore he needs support not punishment.
BTW "what about-ism" is a logical fallacy. You're creating a false equivalence to argue a point disingenuously.
Did you mean to respond to me? I'm not the other person you responded to. And I didn't give a "what aboutism" which I'm familiar with that term from reddit.
Good for you.
That was you.
So, yes. You.
That's not a "whataboutism" though. I'm saying they are the same.
He didn't just steal content. He then tried to blackmail the company to not release the content he stole.
Also, while you might be able to justify piracy of a released product in various ways (the common argument is that the would be pirate wouldn't have paid for the product anyway and digital goods don't have any cost to the developer from pirating them). But when the product hasn't been released yet, then it has a much bigger cost because the pirated copy is the only option available and thus it can eat into actual sales. The inability to go through with their planned launch (something big publishers will spend millions hyping) and the release of an unfinished product can absolutely have financial damages. It's hard to recover from a bad launch.
And that's without getting into the fact that hackers like this don't usually stop at just leaking video games or the likes. They'll also often steal people's personal information. It's a lot easier to see the moral issues when it's your information being stolen.
There's no ethical use of ransomware.
deploying Godwin's Law
Oh yeah? What about ransomware-ing NAZI's and Hitler?
Is that immoral?
Probably, since you'd have time travel, but not just shoot the bastards.
You'd also need to bring lots of computers with you and first convince the nazis to use them
If I've learnt anything from Indiana Jones, that won't be a problem.
Time's a circle, you shoot then out the window on the next pass.
<.< Ransomwareing putins computers?