20 Apr
2007
20 Apr
'07
11:12 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:20:50PM +0100, Will Hargrave wrote: [...]
In his blog post [1] he did admit to accessing other routers of Be's customers using the backdoor password; this is probably [2] a criminal offence in the UK. I'm not sure I have as much sympathy for him as you do.
[2] IANAL
It *is* a criminal offence under extensions to the original CMA1990 in the Police and Justice Act 2006. The maximum penalty was also increased to two years imprisonment. I don't think this particular incident is enough to attract a custodial sentence, but he will almost certainly end up with a well-deserved criminal record for his stupidity if somebody can be bothered to press charges.