Disney Cruise Ship rescues suspected hacker

[jme]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...after-rescue-sea-during-disney-cruise-n520131

A suspected hacker from the online group known as "Anonymous" has been under investigation by the FBI since he allegedly posted a YouTube video that was a call-to-arms against Boston Children's Hospital - which subsequently faced attacks that took its networks offline for 7 days. Feds were alerted when he and his wife were reported missing.
He was found, by a Disney Cruise Ship in a sailboat near Cuba from which he was placing a distress call. DCL took him and his wife aboard and turned them over to Bahamian authorities who contacted the Miami FBI department.

More details at the news link - but I find this pretty interesting as its the first time I've heard of DCL rescuing someone from a distressed small vessel rather than an overboard passenger from another ship.

 

[ChuckElias]

This was not technically a rescue, because they didn't bring the people aboard the ship, but here's a post of mine from '06:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/new-experience-on-dcl.74552/#post-1612313

 

[jme]

I guess it's more common than I thought - about a week ago they also rescued a dozen Cubans from an unseaworthy vessel... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/02/15/disney-cruise-ship-rescues-12-cuban-refugees-in-caribbean.html

 

[KCL]

This was not technically a rescue, because they didn't bring the people aboard the ship, but here's a post of mine from '06:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/new-experience-on-dcl.74552/#post-1612313

That is totally awesome! You got lucky on your choice of stateroom that time for sure.

I once saw a flare go off sitting on the porch of a beach house when I was a kid and had to try and convince my dad and uncle of what I saw until another one went off. We called local police and watched as police lights left the bay and went out to a boat dead in the water. Quite a memorable night.

 

[KCL]

I guess it's more common than I thought - about a week ago they also rescued a dozen Cubans from an unseaworthy vessel... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/02/15/disney-cruise-ship-rescues-12-cuban-refugees-in-caribbean.html

I followed some links last week after reading about that. It seems that it actually happens relatively often among cruise ships. Makes sense when you think about it, there's a lot of them out there, especially in the Caribbean.

 

[FigmentPigments]

I'm glad this man was caught. Attacking a children's hospital of all things is horrible.

 

[FigmentPigments]

Just had a thought, what does Disney do with people they pick up? Is there a Disney "jail" and/or a holding area depending on the who is rescued?

 

[Phonedave]

Just had a thought, what does Disney do with people they pick up? Is there a Disney "jail" and/or a holding area depending on the who is rescued?

Most cruise ships do have a brig. It just a locked holding area where they can put people if necessary (including guests if necessary)

-dave

 

[216bruce]

Most cruise ships do have a brig. It just a locked holding area where they can put people if necessary (including guests if necessary)

-dave

So, you're saying it's "The Disney Vault"?

 

[Phonedave]

So, you're saying it's "The Disney Vault"?

Yep, they let people out every couple of years for a limited time.