Japanese Police Continue Underage Hacker Crackdown

5 responses to “Japanese Police Continue Underage Hacker Crackdown”

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   Zac

   June 15, 2012 at 9:42 am

   11 year old? Maybe not, still really a child.
   16 year old? Yes, good. There will be outcrys of, “so what? It’s just a password for a game” but what if it wasn’t, what if it was banking details? What if it was something more than a game? If this serves as little more than punishment for one person, full support. Taking out the fact that it’s just a game, he has violated a law and should be held responsible.

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      Minskiz

      June 15, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      Or take a different approach, hire him so he has a well paying job and does good things, instead throwing him into jail for life so early.

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      Ahtaps

      June 15, 2012 at 10:56 pm

      Actually, the commonly accepted age at which children know the difference between right and wrong is 8 years so they theoretically should be accountable for their actions. They both sound like they were well aware of what they were doing as well so it’s just down to how the legal proceedings go. It’s just like the 12 year old girl who got into a lawsuit with the RIAA for music swapping.

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         Durdler

         June 16, 2012 at 9:39 am

         Commonly accepted by who? At 8 years old, children are still underdeveloped both mentally and emotionally and as such, still require direction from older role models

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   DKnight1000

   June 16, 2012 at 1:57 am

   It says they arrested him, not they threw him into jail. We don’t know the punishment only the crime so we can’t make a judgement on it.

   Personally I’d delete all his save games and characters.

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