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23 Feb 2007
The conviction of a Ronald Kline for possession of child pornography poses a moral dilemma in online security. Because the evidence in the case was collected by a hacker who illegally broke into Kline's computer.
The former judge has to serve a 27 month jail term and will a registered sex offender for the remainder of his life. The hacker, then 20-year-old Bard William from Canada, broke into his computer by posting a specially crafted file on a mailing list popular with child pornography downloaders.
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