Japan's death threat hacker collared ... BY A CAT A Japanese hacker who hijacked computers using malware before issuing death threats through the compromised machines has been jailed for eight years. Yusuke Katayama, 32, threatened to blow up planes and attack a kindergarten attended by the grandchildren of Japan's Emperor Akihito before he was finally nabbed in February 2013 …
Standard operating procedure over there, I hear.
I don't know why you're getting downvotes, as what you say does seem to be accurate. From the Wikipedia page on the Japanese Criminal Justice system:
Confession in Japanese criminal investigationMany Western human rights organizations alleged that the high conviction rate is due to rampant use of conviction solely based on confession. Confessions are often obtained after long periods of questioning by police as those arrested may be held for up to 23 days. This can, at times, take weeks during which time the suspect is in detention and can be prevented from contacting a lawyer or family.[3]
And here's a link to a BBC article on the same topic that also suggests reasons why people confess.
These were the two top links when I searched for "japanese police confessions", btw, not just links I cherry-picked to support the argument.
There has already been at least one successful cat-assisted war-driving experiment.
Some of the smaller android phones (which also happen to have cyanogen loads and root access) can be attached without a lot of trouble to a cat collar. Load a WiFi attack suite, let the moggie do a tour of the neighbour's gardens and voila - here is your new and shiny botnet (nicely localized to a location too).
No, not Destroyed All Braincells, Yusuke Katayama. Hopefully his parole terms (if he survives prison) will include a ban from ever using any Internet connected device ever again, on penalty of instant return to prison. Come to think of it, that would be a neat way to keep the little toerag out of circulation. No, Yusuke Katayama, not Destroyed!
Well i get what your trying to say but.....
That would mean any automated phone service, a cash point, ticket machine .... The list really does go on.
I refused to down-vote, as you are angered by his despicable crime, and that anger is understandable.
silver linings and all, they caught him.
Unintelligible, or maybe I'm being slow due to Friday. So, why the hell did the cat have an SD card on its collar? How does that have anything to do with catching the guy?
It makes you wonder: if I have to go elsewhere to understand what happened, why read The Register in the first place? Damn lazy writers...
...a condescending little piece of shit.
One thing to play cat and mouse with the cops, another thing altogether to implicate innocent people for his threats to bomb public places, kill children etc.
A self-congratulating, little berk with an undeserved superiority complex. As usual those with egos the size of planets almost always get themselves caught when they try to be too clever.
Good riddance to the runt. Hope he gets thoroughly bummed for his crimes.
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