Is the charge here really proportional to the crime? As frustrating as it might be to MySpace, it's fairly benign, and it highlighted a vulnerability that could have been far, far worse. Surely those three years without Internet would have been better spent highlighting more vulnerabilities, with the threat of jail time if harm is done again.
Well, he was let off with a warning the first time.
Yes it was quite a reaction. Regardless, it all worked out, long since behind him.