If the US government cannot make there safety crit...
Anonymous

Yes there is case for stiffer sentences, and his s...
Anonymous

How right you are, the sentence is totally inadequ...
michael shakespeare

Sorry, but I can't believe what you're saying here...
Nick Roberts

Wise up! It seems to me that the problem lies...
Dave Reilly

The kid was just storing his data somewhere and ha...
Anonymous

"How behind the times the UK courts are", would yo...
Jonathon Ralfe

Why not report the real story that someone was abl...
Ben Wild

I can imagine that it is annoying to find that one...
Richard Mullens

I wouldn't worry - thanks to Blunkett and his quas...
Dominic Tristram

If no real damage was done then I don't think a cu...
James Noonan

They should lock this little good for nothing scro...
Tom Frame

It seems to me that anyone who hacks into anothers...
Roger Charles

I agree it is really horrifying that a major secur...
Andrew Strathdee

"This latest instance shows how behind the times t...
Josephine Bacon

Just when we'd lost faith in the judiciary along c...
Anonymous

The outrage is pretty laughable. He broke nothing...
Anonymous

silicon.com joins Indignant Majority?! never th...
Anonymous

So you're saying we should send him to jail where ...
Anonymous

Yes,,all the letters I've read seem to make sence ...
Paul Willis

You are so wrong. Let us not believe the hype. Yes...
Simon Perry

The issue here was that the hacker was only a crim...
Anonymous

I agree with those on McElroy's side. The onus is ...
Bob Duncan

I dont agree, the boy showed incredible skill and ...
Anonymous

The law in the UK needs a major overhaul and with ...
David Lee

What everyone fails to mention is that the securit...
Anonymous

I do not often praise British Justice but I think ...
Bernard Gray

Given the pile of hacker crap email in my Inbox th...
Anonymous

Allowing the victim to determine the penalty for a...
Anonymous

I assume that a US citizen wrote this? Unfortunate...
Richard Norman

1. Community service is not necessarily lenient 2...
Martin

Is it just me, or does anyone else remember when U...
Anonymous

A poorly written article. Firstly the kid was onl...
Alan Roberts

Too laughable for words - hell no one was hurt or ...
Anonymous

Hang 'em high. I didn't bother to read all the oth...
Barry Mattacott

Bringing back hanging for theft from supermarkets ...
Anonymous

I can't think of a single excuse for having nuclea...
Anonymous

Hi! All, Agree wid all who are on the hacker's ...
Anonymous

I suspect that Judge Gaynor has not only never had...
Brian Walsh

This sums up the US and their views. They strut a...
Arthur Daily

If kids can hack computer, it's time to hire new...
Vladimir

let's have some proportion here. The Americans bri...
alan rae

Act of terrorism? What a joke! This was no more an...
Christian Smith

Who exactly is laughing? This is obviously an opi...
H B

Visualize a standard B & E case: A kid with a modi...
Anonymous

It's popular to think that anything less than the ...
Geoff Belson

So what exactly is 'sensitive' information regardi...
Horse

I'm surprised at some of the comments posted alrea...
Anonymous

Please separate fact from opinion. This was a "han...
damien hilton

So whats's new? British Judges & British Justic...
Anonymous

Another swiss cheese UNIX system gets hacked. The...
Anonymous

American security is a laughing stock and yeah I'm...
Ted Sobien

The premise of this article is clearly a matter of...
Anonymous

Lets get a sense of proportion here... He broke in...
MARTIN KINGSLEY

The article is b******t. If IT teaches you anythin...
Steve Berry

One question not awnsered in this, what did he do?...
{PROGRAMOUS} = ROOT

The fact that a student could break in to such net...
Lionel A Smith

Oh good, another chance to blame the US for everyt...
Anonymous

It's really not a question of "whether he did any ...
Alex Dunn

Dave Reilly - Are you a complete imbecile ? If s...
Anon

Let me guess - the site & all its servers were run...
Anonymous

Alan Rae Before you get on your high horse abo...
Anon

If supermarket theft was a hanging offence, how ma...
Anon

Did the boy do wrong? Yes Did he know he did wron...
Anonymous

I have to agree with the kid's defenders here. SUR...
Webster Ranger

Why ruin the life of a young man who did no seriou...
T.Tarascio

This proves British Justice is indeed just. No one...
Esteban Lorenzo

To be quite honest this story is a bit biased. You...
Anonymous

If guns were outlawed only outlaws will have guns....
Abhi

This has to be very close to the worst-written art...
Anonymous

I'm glad we don't (yet) live in a police state whe...
Chas Newport

If the US government cannot secure its most import...
Chris Whitehead

I once I was sold a set of unbreakable wine glasse...
Anonymous

The sentence was sensible. This is not a case of t...
Keith Williams

2 comments - some American(s) should be prosecu...
Anonymous

I think you'll find this article is clearly marked...
editorial staff

You should clearly mark the article "Devil's Advoc...
Brian

The young man has broken the law. He knew he was b...
Anonymous

In fact, from the article it seems that it is the ...
Anonymous

Yes, McElroy deserved a harsher sentence, but I fi...
Pete

I would suggest USA to judge the developers and pr...
John Smith

Listen up silicon.com (sign your name to your garb...
Harry Bradley

I just spoked with my coworkers and I sayed that I...
Code Writer

Alex Dunn! I suggest to put into prison everybo...
John

I do not know enough about the use the youngster m...
Gian Mario Moggio

Seems to me some people are missing the bigger pic...
Werner

Time for a little reality check here... First o...
Anonymous

The judges sentence was right, the guy is 18 now a...
Chris Clark

I believe you have a biassed view of British justi...
John D P Gundry

I came to this site after reading about this case ...
Anonymous

After all the problems with 9/11, one would have h...
Anonymous

Appears that the U.S government DoE IT department ...
Vancouverite

You guys republicans or something? Kick any puppie...
Shane C. Mason

You've got a lot of nerve calling British justice ...
Chris McKay

Your comments about the quality of the British sys...
Roberto

Not really telling all here are we? Did he hack i...
Reg Phenna

http://www.silicon.com/hardware/storage/0,39024649...
Anonymous

Ha ha ha. The usual sanctimonious, hysterical, hy...
Michael Mounteney

If this system was significantly involved with nuc...
Tom Welsh

At least the British Justice system can be bothere...
R Speight

Lighten up - hysterical reactions like yours are t...
Anonymous

"Similar penalties should be applied to someone br...
dreadful scathe

Typical! As usual an American dishing out insults ...
Steve Truss

American computer security a laughing stock If ...
StOo

I agree. They were attackable, so were attacked. D...
Anonymous

girl: "I have a Bomb" US Judge: "your free to go"...
Jake Waldo Smith

Has the author of this article actualy read the ju...
Anonymous

At last, a judge with a sense of perspective, whic...
Anonymous

He was being put on trial, not the entire hacking ...
Chris Cormack

Image this: I leave my front door open when I lea...
Anoniempje

This is a typical comment from a country which has...
anonymous

We really ought to look at the facts before demand...
Anonymous

"Similar penalties should be applied to someone br...
dreadful scathe

The British justics system can be seen to be a lau...
Ged

Away you go. I bet you'd rather have seen him fry...
Craig

Perhaps you want to send him to 'Gitmo' with no tr...
Greg Striplin

What are you rambling on about??? Are you serious...
Gary

Well that is a rather stupid take on an otherwise ...
Nobbin

"British Justice a laughing stock" Lmao. Guant...
Jason Shields

The real problem here is that these computers had ...
Chris Coenbe

Lots of comments, all in defence. The matter is...
Anonymous

Hacking and inept security aside.. He was storing ...
Anonymous

I completely agree. Many crimes of violence also ...
Anonymous

Hello, My name is Bin Laden. Could someone pass m...
Osama

Can we just clarify something for everyone here - ...
Anonymous

Seems to me some people are missing the bigger pic...
Werner

right enough: you americans would probably have hu...
Anonymous

I can't believe what i'm reading, this report is s...
Mark Webster

He was 16 wen he commited the offence. And (althou...
Anonymous

So far as I know there is nothing to stop Fermi la...
Anonymous

Disagree entirely with the opinion stated. The bo...
Michael Renwick

Please People! WAKE UP! The only person that shoul...
Dave Beall

Silicon, this article is a reactionary piece of c*...
Joanne Doherty

Dear Werner, with due respect it seems to me that ...
joanne doherty

Joanne, I agree that it is fortunate that this 16 ...
Werner

Interesting to note that as usual, the most outrag...
Orville Gonad

Did any of you realize that the hacker could have ...
Anonymous

For the many posts I read until I realized how man...
Anonymous

To the author: Many sane points have been made her...
Frank

The attackee has pointed out that they are not a U...
Anonymous

If I leave my car unlocked and have a laptop pinch...
Greg Fearn

Werner, I don't think the UK and US went to war be...
joanne doherty

Werner, I don't think the UK and US went to war be...
joanne doherty

I AGREE WITH REG PHENNA NEVER MET THE GUY, BUT SE...
BRIAN BURRIDGE

How reassuring that most of the comments on this l...
Peter Nelson

I agree, the comments are more balanced than the a...
Michael Grazebrook

This story and the reaction to it is hilarious on ...
Mark

"I agree with those on McElroy's side. The onus is...
Mark

It's the US which is the laughing stock here surel...
Anonymous

Perhaps the Judge was right. What need is there ...
george dundon

Just because 'kids' hack into these computer syste...
Genome

Isn't prevention better than cure? The server...
Anonymous