Vigilante hacker

The following link is to the details of a case in which a hacker using a trojan, retrieved a lot of sensitive information on people in a newgroup but instead of abusing it, selling it or for whatever kicks they want, the hacker instead gave the information to the police, under a different name of course, he kept on feeding information to the police and eventually two kiddie abusers were sentenced with the evidence provided convicting them.

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Because the hacker done a good deed his crime was overlooked, however this case echos the case in which the placement of encryption can work against you as evidence of guilt, now information stolen from your computer can be used as evidence against you, anything you do online or on any device even in your privacy of your home can work against you. Scarey.
Though was good to hear one for the good guys, even though the hacker was commiting a crime, the saying goes

'its not how you start something, its how you end it that counts'

and in the end the hacker done a good deed and as an FBI agent said to the hacker "...you have helped to save at least two lives in the U.S. and (you) should be proud of that fact."