Cable modem hacker faces up to 40 years in prison

wow im actually impressed you just dont see that kind of dedication anymore.

Now that they caught this guy, many more people now know this is possible. I didn't know about this until now. If I had heard about this before I would have assumed it was fake.

Murderers and rapists sometimes don't get 40 year sentences, lets let the punishment fit the crime huh? I realize that is the maximum he could be sentenced to, but 40 years would be ridiculous. As if we didn't know already, corporate money has completely corrupted our judicial system. With laws like this in place, you can see why the corporate run prison system in the U.S. is thriving. More people per capita are imprisoned in the U.S. than anywhere else on the planet. Land of the Free?

It makes you wonder, is the goal to just punish or rehabilitate and help change? I would think maximum 10 years, 5 for good behavior for a hard case with a criminal record. For a newbie who just screwed up, 1 year, 6 months with good behavior. Not only is it not fair for the criminal, but tax paying society should not be paying for this crap! My numbers are just thrown out of my butt since I know very little about the person and his past.

the practice of modding modems to have switchable macs is quite common, like the article says it gives you free internet. all you have to do is get a mac key from another modem on the same ISP in a different subnet than you, you just snap a pic of every modems mac key you come across, they are printed on the freaking outside of them.

Originally posted by llongtheD:

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Murderers and rapists sometimes don't get 40 year sentences...

...Land of the Free?

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Yeah, we have the best congress money can buy. Don't get me wrong he broke a law and deserves to be punished. But the amount of money it would cost to incarcerate him for 20 years is way way way more than the hacked cable modems. Especially for 2 charges. Make him pay restitution to comcast and some other small stuff and let him go.

Damn, I'd love to have free internet access. How the hell do people figure this stuff out. I wonder if he was a former Comcast employee or some type of cable company employee..but I'm sure that would've been in the article if that was the case.

Hacked modems have been around for quite some time; but the smart people don't advertise it, let alone sell it. IMO, this guy deserves to get caught, if only for not just selling it, but marketing it on youtube and having a dedicated website where you can buy it.

For all those people out there wanting to look into it; whatever you do, don't buy a hacked modem, learn about how to hack one yourself so you have a lesser chance of getting caught. Stay away from internet sites that also sell these, as I am damn sure the authorities have now found a reason to research more sites like massmodz.

PS. And for your own sake, if you ever figure it out or find a way to get a hacked modem; don't tell anyone, not even your best friend. You never know who to trust these days.

No one from Wall Street goes to jail, but this guy gets 20 years? What the HELL is wrong with our justice system.

His sentence is high because he's also being punished for stupidity...
Obviously what he was doing was illegal, did he really think no one was gonna bother to try and stop him??? Or that no one was gonna notice the titles in bold "Get Free Internet Free Cable Internet Comcast or any Cable ISP"?
Maybe he though Comcast or some other ISP was gonna send him a birthday card or something, to congratulate him...
When you steal something, keep it on the low, don't flash it in everybody's eyes.
It's all about common sense and courtesy...Like if you drop a baby out of a window, try not hit anybody, and if you do, don't laugh at them for getting hurt...

Bernie Madoff will be out before he is. When you rob poor people you get less punishment, when you rob the rich companies they throw the book at you.
I just hope he gets a good "public defender" to try and get him no more than 35 years.

The punishment should fit the crime...... he "misplaced" some profit for the big boys and walked over acouple IPs, parole him and garnish 30% of his wages/income for 5 years.

Bernie Madoff? A bullet will suffice, next!

I don't know, a lot of people on the net have been screaming for severe justice against ip spoofers forever now, but a 40 yr sentence for this crime, hell, even 2 yrs, would seem ludicrous. Hope he saved some money for a good attorney!

they should be charging him with theft that way he'd get a lesser sentence.

Originally posted by juventini:

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No one from Wall Street goes to jail, but this guy gets 20 years? What the HELL is wrong with our justice system.

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I was feeling for this guy till the article said he posted it on youtube.
lol what a dumbass :P

Apparently he wasnt just selling naught cable modems :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnjF4EOWX8c

hahah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTdcSQXw3Nk

And it appears that he had his massmoddz account locked on youtube prior to getting busted.... maybe thats how the feds found him.

It also appears his wiimodds account is locked and all his posts have gone there as well.

And hehe, lucky for you guys youtubes wasnt even the only place the dumbass posted to, see:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3554280/ma...od_cable_modem/

Hahaha its not as if people didnt work out how to alter the docis early on and locally tftp boot their modems duurh.

And its not like you have to look very hard to find other people selling them :

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=...-All-Categories

Originally posted by plazma247:

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3554280/ma...od_cable_modem/

Hahaha its not as if people didnt work out how to alter the docis early on and locally tftp boot their modems duurh.

And its not like you have to look very hard to find other people selling them :

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=...egories

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How can anyone justify a max sentence of forty years for hacking anything,kill someone in cold blood and you wouldnt get that,seems to me that corporate greed rules the justice system.

He will not get the full 40 years but that is what can be given under the federal guidelaws he will only get 18 months to 3 years top with 5 years of supervised release.

Understand what he did was "wrong" but doesn't it seem that Comcast and all the other folks out there (such as the movie and music industries) are spending ALOT of money to catch these guys instead of just lowering the price of their products to a reasonable amount? And what about our wndeful government and law enforcement agencies? How much are they spending to catch these kind of folks? Now if this guy gets the MAX sentence (highly unlikely if he pleads out) we as tax payers get to spend 80,000 a year to keep him locked up. Seems like we should be putting that money to use controlling these huge money hungry corporations............sorry I know off on a tangent! My bad. Sorry ya got busted man.

Originally posted by pspweazl:

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Understand what he did was "wrong" but doesn't it seem that Comcast and all the other folks out there (such as the movie and music industries) are spending ALOT of money to catch these guys instead of just lowering the price of their products to a reasonable amount? And what about our wndeful government and law enforcement agencies? How much are they spending to catch these kind of folks? Now if this guy gets the MAX sentence (highly unlikely if he pleads out) we as tax payers get to spend 80,000 a year to keep him locked up. Seems like we should be putting that money to use controlling these huge money hungry corporations............sorry I know off on a tangent! My bad. Sorry ya got busted man.

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He will not get longer than 18 months.

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Bernie Madoff will be out before he is.

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Sounds like a great deal! You don't even need to be in the same neighborhood to tap off someone.

I think go along with cyprusrom. I guy was too greedy and too stupid.

Originally posted by llongtheD:

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Murderers and rapists sometimes don't get 40 year sentences, lets let the punishment fit the crime huh? I realize that is the maximum he could be sentenced to, but 40 years would be ridiculous. As if we didn't know already, corporate money has completely corrupted our judicial system. With laws like this in place, you can see why the corporate run prison system in the U.S. is thriving. More people per capita are imprisoned in the U.S. than anywhere else on the planet. Land of the Free?

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Rich white guys?
Yeah, white guys are blamed for everything.
When in actuality, it is white men who have given us our greatest inventions.
We wouldn't even be on these computers if it wasn't for a white guy

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Originally posted by llongtheD:

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Murderers and rapists sometimes don't get 40 year sentences...

...Land of the Free?

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murderers and rapists don't take money out of the pocket of rich white guys

land of the free? all the land is bought and paid for, along with "our" politicians

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Originally posted by pudly1:

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Rich white guys?
Yeah, white guys are blamed for everything.
When in actuality, it is white men who have given us our greatest inventions.
We wouldn't even be on these computers if it wasn't for a white guy

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Originally posted by llongtheD:

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Murderers and rapists sometimes don't get 40 year sentences...

...Land of the Free?

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murderers and rapists don't take money out of the pocket of rich white guys

land of the free? all the land is bought and paid for, along with "our" politicians

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Maybe they should hire him. Working for them should be some kind of punishment in its self but at least he'd be contributing to something.

pmshah, yes exactly down to the detail where the entrenched bastards screw over the ones trying to climb up.