Conservative Political Forum

General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: walkstall on May 16, 2013, 08:10:30 PM

Title: UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks
Post by: walkstall on May 16, 2013, 08:10:30 PM
Wow!   ONLY 32 months is all they get.   What a waste of man power. 

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LONDON (AP) — Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.

The hackers, who were affiliated with the group Lulz Security, had all pleaded guilty to hacking charges. Prosecutors say they also targeted the websites of Britain's National Health Service and the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency, and posted stolen information including emails and credit card details belonging to millions of people on file-sharing sites like Pirate Bay in 2011.

The group also attacked their targets by launching distributed denial of service attacks, which overwhelm sites with traffic.

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http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20130516/EU-Britain-Hackers/ (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20130516/EU-Britain-Hackers/)