“Ms. de Wit,” Meijer said, “even a simulated breach of a flood defense is a violation of the Cybercrime Act. Article 138ab. You understand that.”
“Then it wasn’t stupid.”
“You have the right to a lawyer. Do you wish to request one?” docket court nl
She almost smiled. “Exactly.”
“We started patching at 4 AM.”
Meijer had been a judge for twenty-two years. He knew that an empty docket was either a mistake—or a message.
“I call a simulation of a flood an escalation. I didn’t open the sluices. I just made the system think the water was rising. That’s not a crime. That’s a warning.” “Ms. de Wit
Meijer read the charge aloud. “Computer intrusion, critical infrastructure. How do you plead?”