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It has been a while since I placed a new blog on this site, mainly because of work but also due to less available computer time and computers being hit by virus and hijackers. To those who use viruses or hacking techniques for their entertainment, they fail to realise the damage they cause and the costs involved. It's not only the big companies they hit, it's people like you and me, hard working people who can ill afford the costs of cleaning out their computers of virus's, protecting themselves from hacking and programs that enter your system to report or thieve your information.

I am a working man, with a weekly wage of $545 therefore a yearly wage of just of around $27k, and spending over $2k a year trying to protect myself or rebuild my computers is becoming harder every day. What do I suggest? When a hacker is caught, jail is the only way to curb them. A hefty jail term, regardless of age or previous offences, plus some way to recompense those who have been hurt through their actions. If a youth is found to be creating virus's, it is not an intelligent mind gone wrong, it is a malicious intent to injure and should be dealt with as such. We deal with young offenders who are caught up in violent crime so why not white collar crime? White collar crime is just as damaging to a person as violence to their body. Therefore I propose all white collar crime be treated as criminal and those caught for producing viruses or hijacking programs and use them, be charged with assault with criminal intent.

I am aware that young IT students have to learn to write virus and hacking programs to learn how to combat them in their working lives as IT professionals, but if they step over the mark, then jail is the only alternative. The world looses billions of dollars every year due to virus attacks, information hackers and phishing programs. It's time to get tough and forget about where the keys are stored. Minimum sentences of 20 years should be mandatory with no parole. Hard? Yes, but will they do it again if we give them a slap on the wrist? Of course they will, so let's make sure they don't have the opportunity.