[HN Gopher] Man charged for selling forged license keys for netw...
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       Man charged for selling forged license keys for network switches
        
       Author : el_duderino
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-09-30 19:01 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Actual article/release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-
       | mn/pr/plymouth-man-indicted-his...
        
         | CobaltFire wrote:
         | As the article doesn't give any further information this would
         | be a better link.
        
       | alyandon wrote:
       | The article doesn't really go into much detail.
       | 
       | Were they fraudulently trying to pass off the generated license
       | keys as genuine or are they literally being prosecuted for
       | selling what is essentially "illegal numbers"?
        
         | randombits0 wrote:
         | Likely selling the whole kit. Dude is 75. Anything he gets will
         | be a life sentence.
        
       | MadnessASAP wrote:
       | So this guy sold customers license keys to access their own
       | devices and is now charged under "access device fraud"? This
       | would all seem rather silly if it wasn't for the sad fact that
       | this guy is gonna spend the rest of his life in jail for giving
       | customers access to their own devices.
        
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