Malicious Sociopathic Public Aggravation

"The analysis identified 652 distinct social insurance numbers in this data. However, the number of individuals affected is likely to be higher, due to the fragmented nature of the data and the fact that a tax return may include information about more than one individual."
RCMP affidavit for search warrant

"Execution of the warrant is required as soon as practically possible due to the possible victimization of Canadian citizens. The longer the suspect has access to the sensitive information that was ex-filtrated, the greater the potential for further uncontrolled dissemination."
Daniele Figoni, RCMP 

Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, 19, of London, Ont., is facing additional charges in connection with the Heartbleed case, RCMP say. ((2011-12 Mother Teresa Catholic secondary school yearbook)) 

"The original stories, before anyone was charged, there was concerns about somebody hacking into a system and taking information for nefarious purposes. There is no allegation in these final charges against my client of any nefarious purpose. 
"My client's a 19-year-old man, a fine young man, a very bright young man. There are no allegations of any malice on his part."
Gord Cudmore, Lawyer for the defence of Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes

In April it was discovered that someone had hacked into the Canada Revenue Agency website. Perhaps representing the most serious of the unlawful entries to restricted websites, though it was discovered as well that other government department websites were impacted as well as the computers of the University of Western Ontario, the London District Catholic School board and Jersey mail (an offshore email service) among others had also been hacked.


An investigation revealed that a 19-year-old student at University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario was responsible. They raided the home of Stephen Solis-Reyes and there seized over a dozen computers and mobile devices in their probe. It just happened also to be the home of a Western University computer sciences professor, father of Stephen Solis-Reyes.

Now why would anyone commit to such malicious acts as to disrupt activities which are held to have restricted entry to begin with? Is it the arrogance of someone with particular talents, having inherited them by birth and environmental exposure, and demonstrating that nothing can be that private and secure when such talents are on the restless prowl to prove to themselves and others their exceptional skills and casual lack of responsibility?

When the infiltration had been discovered, the Canada Revenue Agency was forced to shut down its electronic tax filing services, and to extend the deadline for filing tax returns in the knowledge that some outside source was busy extracting full and partial tax return data involving 652 social insurance numbers on CRA servers. Five days of shutdown lent pressure to the RCMP who finally tracked the breach to the London home of the Solis-Reyes family.

Arrested in mid-April and charged with two counts of "malicious breach" of the CRA computer system, he had exploited the system used by the CRA to insert a virus called Heartbleed bug, enabling him to access restricted information. He has now been charged with an additional 19 new charges, from "mischief to data" to unlawful use of a computer. Beyond those originally thought to have been affected by the breach, RCMP has "uncovered further victims".

It is believed that the young hacker "also exfiltrated several computer networks" in Canada and outside the country. If it is decided to continue and process an indictment against the hacker, instead of a summary conviction carrying a maximum sentence of six months in jail, fines or both - the young man whose reason for breaching a government department's sensitive security apparatus online has never been revealed could be facing a maximum of ten years in prison.

It would be most interesting to hear what the father of this talented young man -- whose aggravated boredom and arrogance led him to this pass -- has had to say to him.