Why do you think these kids would get 10-20 year sentences? Have you ever heard of a computer crime getting that high of a sentence? No one on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_convicted_computer_crim... has gotten more than 5 years, and they include people who have sold access to botnets of hundreds of thousands of machines. A quick Google search reveals someone sentenced to 20 years, but for stealing millions of credit and debit card numbers, which is actually a sizable crime with significant damage to many victims. http://www.scmagazineus.com/hacker-albert-gonzalez-receives-...