We are talking about hackers, not murders or rapists. Noone gets hurt. Noone gets killed. Sheesh, even Manson comes up for parole once a decade. But not hackers?!
If they are really serious about imprisoning people for causing undue stress, then they should go straight to Redmond and knock on Bill's door. After all, without MS Windows, 99% of the virus software wouldn't work.
BTW, email attachments are not viruses. They are just programs that someone is stupid enough to run without knowing its effects.
I DIDN'T "run" anything - the virus just destroyed my compuer, my files, and my client's job.
And 40 million/80 million/120 million OTHER projects, estimates, payroll figures, checkbooks, loans, small business families, and millions of other jobs, businesses, and activites.
Now - given that simple an attack by a terrorist on the "real economy" we depend on - NOT just on two buildings in one city in one state, what do you recommend doing?