Assange didn’t succesfully crack the hash, it’s questionable if he even did anything with it.
At best his crime is agreeing to help hack into the DoD network, not actually doing anything in furtherance of that. That’s a ridiculous thing to prosecute someone for.
So if someone tried to break into your home and failed, that means they never committed a crime?
>At best his crime is agreeing to help hack into the DoD network, not actually doing anything in furtherance of that.
That's why the maximum sentence is only 5 years.
If someone acquired the same lock as me, tried to pick it in the privacy of their own home and never actually broke into my home I would sure hope that they wouldn't face criminal charges.
>That's why the maximum sentence is only 5 years.
10 for what he's being charged with, no? I could very well be wrong here, but I thought that's what the 1030(a)(1) carries.
[1] https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/10634797776323747...
