A 19 year-old hacker has been sentenced to six months in a
detention centre for causing a leading local ISP to crash. The
hacker, Choi Kong-lam, was convicted of causing criminal damage by
carrying out a series of attacks between January and April on HKT,
then owned by Cable & Wireless.
In one attack, Choi managed to close down the HKT network for an
hour. In August, the Cable & Wireless HKT network was taken
over by Pacific Century Cyberworks.
Recently, the Hong Kong government put forward proposals for new
laws that would increase penalties for hackers.
