Yet again someone in posession of CP was is pulling out the Trojan
defense trick. Ex-lawyer Kevin Plachta 'thinks' he accidentally
downloaded a virus, which in turn must have downloaded the CP onto his
computer.
The first thing that springs to mind when reading stories like this one, is that people who do not properly secure their personal computers should also accept the consequences. I would look at this in a way similar to a law we have in Belgium, where a car owner can be fined for not locking his car because this makes it too easy for the bad guys to do their thing.
Of course if anti-malware software is present (and up-to-date!) the Trojan defense could still be a valid one, but if this is not the case at least people can be kept accountable.
Source: Security.nl
The first thing that springs to mind when reading stories like this one, is that people who do not properly secure their personal computers should also accept the consequences. I would look at this in a way similar to a law we have in Belgium, where a car owner can be fined for not locking his car because this makes it too easy for the bad guys to do their thing.
Of course if anti-malware software is present (and up-to-date!) the Trojan defense could still be a valid one, but if this is not the case at least people can be kept accountable.
Source: Security.nl
