By Ingrid Marson
Published: Tuesday 07 September 2004
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Name
Craig
Location
Newcastle
Occupation
IT Tech.
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No user data was at risk, Brian. All the kid did was redirect requests to eBay.de to a different IP. This 'crime' is similar to a child trying to buy booze from the off-license. What should happen is the owner says 'sling your hook kiddo', but what the domain registrar did was say 'sure, take as much as you like'. The 19 year old shouldn't be the only one to end up in the dock for this.
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