“No, really! A hacker must have left a Trojan Horse program on my PC that then hacked into the Pentagon, or downloaded that kiddie porn, or other stuff like that! And then it self-destructed! Poof! They do that, sometimes!”
Problem is, not only is it possible, but folks are being acquitted — possibly quite properly — with just that excuse.
Next up: “Hackers ate my homework!”
(via GeekPress)