Elevator Pitch
This is my story, the story of the first hacker in Uruguay who served prison time for a computer related crime. After 4 years of a criminal process, in 2022, the criminal case was closed. This story changed my life, and could happen to any of you.
Description
“In 2014, Alberto Daniel Hill, an expert in cybersecurity, found a security issue in a medical provider’s website. In reporting the issue, it led him to become the first person imprisoned in Uruguay for a computer-related crime—a crime he didn’t commit, and one that probably never even happened.
Alberto, a hacker, was the perfect target for a judicial system that doesn’t understand cybersecurity or cybercrimes. Through police misconduct and incompetence, his life was thrown into upheaval, and he is still recovering from a system where there are no guarantees of a fair trial.
Rife with injustice and anguish, Alberto’s story doesn’t have a fairy tale ending. It is a lesson for Uruguay and the world to implement fair processes for prosecuting cybercrimes. Alberto’s tale will stand as a stark reminder of the dangers of a judiciary system that hasn’t caught up to the technology of the 21st century.“
CCC Conference by Linus Neumann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5JhY2kVYVk
CCC Conference by me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRqJJL_RcT0
With David Bombal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoUbGZczkLo
Notes
A remarkable, sad, unbelievable yet true story of a guy, a cybersecurity professional from Uruguay and what he is going to discuss here might disturb you.
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