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Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Bumbling Hacker 'Bitcoin Baron' Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison

- BleepingComputer
A hacker once considered 'the Internet's most inept criminal' received on Monday a prison sentence of 20 months in prison for launching DDoS attacks against the city of Madison, Wisconsin -- attacks which caused delays and outages to various municipality services, including its 911 emergency call center," reports Bleeping Computer. He was sentenced for this attack in particular, part of a plea deal, but his attacks span over two years. ...read more >>