Reefa Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 What kind of punishment best fits a convicted hacker? Jail time for serious computer crimes is almost a certainty, but for one ex-hacker, Higinio Ochoa, the terms of his parole also include being “banned from the internet”.A life without internet means a life without hacking, but it also means a life without a smartphone, email or even, say, Netflix. In an increasingly connected society, avoiding the internet altogether is no easy feat, but for Ochoa so much as opening Facebook could land him back in jail.As reported in the latest episode of Reply All – a podcast about the internet – Ochoa’s interest in hacking turned political around the Occupy movement in 2011, when he hacked into police department websites to expose officers who covered their badges while engaging in police brutality. Using the code name w0rmer, he teamed with a group of hackers named CabinCr3w, loosely affiliated with Anonymous, and posted the names and addresses of the offending officers online alongside a signature message, “PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w”.The messages would be left as an image which featured his fiance holding up a sign, but as Business Insider notes, the image was taken with an iPhone that had location services switched on. Unfortunately for Ochoa, this meant that the FBI could trace it back to her exact coordinates, eventually leading them to her Facebook page on which her relationship status read “Engaged to Higinio Ochoa”.Ochoa spent 18 months in prison, after which he was released under the condition he would not access the internet. As Gizmodo reports, he still works as a programmer, but when he wants to send code to his boss he has to print it out. Meanwhile, his wife now browses Netflix on Ochoa’s behalf, leaving it running on auto-play.“My wife and son have taken the place of the internet for me,” he told Reply All. To learn more about the case and Ochoa’s life without the internet, listen to the episode in full on the podcast’s website.welivesecurity.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I think his "cause" was just, but I think posting the names and addresses of the police officers was the wrong thing to do as it could have led to violent repercussions against those officers and/or their families. He should have exposed them in another way, even if it was only to the Chief of Police or the Mayor for example...who knows, they may even have been willing to act against the officers. Just my opinion, feel free to disagree. :showoff: :showoff: :showoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 A 27 months prison sentence as of november 2012.dec 2012 =12013+12=132014+12=25On parole with no internet as of September of 20142015+4=29His punishment is over as of march 2015.Considering his offences, I think the judge showed good judgement.Nice detail: his girlfriend quit her job, moved to the United States and married the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 The messages would be left as an image which featured his fiance holding up a sign, but as Business Insider notes, the image was taken with an iPhone that had location services switched on. Unfortunately for Ochoa, this meant that the FBI could trace it back to her exact coordinates, eventually leading them to her Facebook page on which her relationship status read “Engaged to Higinio Ochoa”.Can't believe any Hacker could be so stupid enough to leave the location enabled on the iPhone - maybe, it was his wife (at that time - fiancee.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 So its easy to take a pic of his fiancee (could be a wrong noun in the article or he is into m2m relationship hehehe!) holding a sign than to write it on something digital like in a notepad or a webpage or a post? Weird! :think:Well, I think he intends to leave a little trail by doing it even if the phone is not location enabled. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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