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gov.ph Hacker Convicted, Pleads Guilty
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Court grants Filipino hacker probation after guilty plea (INQ7.NET):
Filipino hacker JJ Maria Giner pleaded guilty on Wednesday to hacking the government portal “gov.ph” and other government websites, making this the first Philippine hacking case to have ended in a conviction, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.
According to Criminal Case No. 419672-CR filed at Branch 14 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila under Judge Rosalyn Mislos-Loja, a copy which was shown to INQ7.net, Giner was sentenced to one to two years of imprisonment and will pay a fine of 100,000 pesos.
However, Giner immediately applied for probation, which was eventually granted by the court during Wednesday’s arraignment, the DoJ said.
Now think twice before you play with servers and networks.
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What exactly did he do? Deface lang?
Ahh DOS pala. I thought hacking meant breaking into restricted areas. With DOS, you’re not really breaking into something right? You’re still outside.
Here’s an article. I know from insiders that he was engaged in cross-site scripting and not just DoS.
Hacker of RP gov’t portal in hiding, says police
Note that he previously denied any wrongdoing:
Suspected gov.ph hacker denies he’s in hiding
Can’t we do anything to change the use of the term Hacker? Why not cyber criminal instead? It’s a pity that the use Hacker is still being used to brand unworthy crackers and script kiddies out there.
Met JJ from a common friend over a year ago. He and some of his friends also have some scuba diving sites hosted on my servers until now. I trust the guy.
JJ seems to be a very nice guy, unassuming. He even dismissed the issue when we talked about it once.
Maybe this precedent is used as a big warning to those who are doing nasty cracker/hacker activities out there.
I don’t think we can retake “hacker,” that’s already the common usage.
But we can change it if we want. A hacker is different from a mallicious hacker or cyber criminal. I guess, you know that better than I am migz.
gov.ph ‘was’ just insecure, and they can’t accept that fact… when actually it was ‘defaced’ by other groups several times already. i just hope it wasn’t our tax who paid for the security that was supposed to be already the default to any PAID hosts.
IMHO:: The terms “hack” or “hacker” were a bit cliche but uninformed journalists tend to use it often. Black hat hacking or cracking or malicious intrusion of computer system/internet maybe best applied.
trebskie » October 28th, 2005 17:10
gov.ph ‘was’ just insecure, and they can’t accept that fact… when actually it was ‘defaced’ by other groups several times already. i just hope it wasn’t our tax who paid for the security that was supposed to be already the default to any PAID hosts.
— I can’t agree more.
i wish you just put the person in jail.
nagmumuka 2loy pera ang government.
And sana inintindi nyo ung explanation ni JJ Maria Giner.
“U can caught Us BUT U can’t stops Us” – 1997 Hacker Movie
Phreaking – Phone Freaker – Gaining Access
to Telephone System, Wire
Tapping, and Jamming Signal.
Hacking – Rip system and modify to a new
system
Cracking – Rip system and get what he/she
want
I hope this msg will educate those DUMB govt!
Have you run a port scan lately? It’s not his fault he managed to crack into the gov servers. Lazy mindless sysadmins.
A hacker is not stupid, dumb or idiot. Philippines is a paradise for hackers, why??? because one of the basic recipe for hacking is that there are many wifi area and computer shop that a hacker can used. And what kind of substantial evidence can they get from computer shop or wifi area?? (There are technical reasons why the govt can’t get any substantial evidence on a computer shop or wifi area. But I will not discuss it on my comment) That’s only a basic recipe, but if he/she is really a hacker, there are a lot of things that a hacker can do to prevent anyone to trace him/her. If he/she did not plead guilty I don’t think that the govt can find substantial evidence to convict him/her unless he/she do the hacking on his/her own house. which is very very stupid thing to do.
A hacker is not stupid, dumb or idiot. Philippines is a paradise for hackers, why? because one of the basic recipe for hacking is that there are many wifi area and computer shop that a hacker can used. And what kind of substantial evidence can they get from computer shop or wifi area? (There are technical reasons why the govt can’t get any substantial evidence on a computer shop or wifi area. But I will not discuss it on my comment) That’s only a basic recipe, but if he/she is really a hacker, there are a lot of things that a hacker can do to prevent anyone to trace him/her. If he/she did not plead guilty I don’t think that the govt can find substantial evidence to convict him/her unless he/she do the hacking on his/her own house. which is very very stupid thing to do.
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