Hackers are not taking human lives and therefore are not seen as violent criminals despite the human cost of their crimes.
The sentence is a joke. 30 years is more like it.
I wonder if he has a new job hacking or working with codes and ciphers in the German intelligence community...
From a guy who clicked on a pic from a Google image search, Saturday and then spent the entire day and part of Sunday eliminating "about:blank" and two trojans that somehow waltzed right thru MS Firewall, Norton Internet Security, MS Spy Blocker and a router, trying to locate passwords, access my bank and send emails to my friends, I say; allow me to mete out the justice. A little islamic stoning party might just fit.
How do you know lives are not lost? Almost every aspect of our society relies on computers working correctly. Try going to a hospital without computers. Try managing the potability of a water resources operation without computers. Try dialing 911 and then hangup. The computers will direct emergency response to your home.
Hackers should be caned, 100 strikes. Give them a year of rest in prison and do them again. Repeat this for life. Outsource this Job to Singapore of course. It's hard for me to believe that hackers have not tilted the balance in life and death decisions the wrong way.