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Story is here: Malware implicated in fatal Spanair plane crash - Technology & science - Security - msnbc.com Spanair flight 5022 was lost in 2008 killing 154 passengers and leaving 18 survivors. The NTSB implicated a malware infection which disabled critical alarm systems leaving the crew basically blind to major systems failures. People are welcome to their opinions here but I think it's time to get even more serious in prosecuting hackers and other malware creators.
I've said for years that people who attack computer integrity are capable of ruining lives and should be given as harsh of a sentence as legally allowed to deter the next one from even trying it. Maybe my opinions are a little draconian as far as these hackers go, but I hope that the originator of the trojan horse is discovered and charged with 154 federal homicide counts and then sued by the 18 survivors into oblivion.
I've said for years that people who attack computer integrity are capable of ruining lives and should be given as harsh of a sentence as legally allowed to deter the next one from even trying it. Maybe my opinions are a little draconian as far as these hackers go, but I hope that the originator of the trojan horse is discovered and charged with 154 federal homicide counts and then sued by the 18 survivors into oblivion.