Romanian Accused of Breaking Into NASA 169
alphadogg writes "Romanian authorities have arrested a 26-year old hacker who is accused of breaking into multiple NASA servers and causing $500,000 in damages to the U.S. space agency's systems. Robert Butyka, 26, was arrested on Tuesday in Western Romania following an investigation by the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism. According to local reports, the hacker used the online moniker of 'Iceman.' He does not have a higher education or an occupation, a DIICOT spokeswoman said."
Damages (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm betting the damages are formulated entirely from the cost of them having to do PR (they got hacked by a NEET after all) and 'fix' the security hole (because face it, they'll probably introduce 10 more flaws when fixing one).
Re:No education or occupation (Score:4, Interesting)
Possession of "hacking programs" is a crime? I think all my computers except my gaming PC have "hacking programs" on them, good thing I don't travel to the states these days.
Re:...not to endorse his actions (Score:4, Interesting)