Botnet Brain Pleads Guilty

spge writes "Now that Jeanson James Ancheta has plead guilty to spamming, computer misuse and fraud, it might be worth scanning through the original indictment document, which includes a step-by-step account of how someone goes about setting up an adware business, manages botnets and (thankfully) gets caught." From the BBC article: "'Mr Ancheta was responsible for a particularly insidious string of crimes,' said a spokesman for the US attorney's office in Los Angeles, Thom Mrozek. 'He hijacked somewhere in the area of half a million computer systems. This not only affected computers like the one in your home, but it allowed him and others to orchestrate large-scale attacks.'" We discussed Ancheta's arrest back in October of last year.

Comments

Re:Good deal for him

[budgenator]

No he'll serve a minimum of four years inside, and to get out early he'll have to
agree to the terms of parole which will cover at least the remainder of the six years
1. no computer or internet access
2. his residence is searchable without probable cause
3. he'll have to pay the restition (at least $15,000) and for his weekly appointments with his parole officer.
4 he'll have to pay interest and penalties to the IRS for the income on ttheillicit proceeds he had to surrender.
5. and of course he'll have to maintain a job while on parole and afterwards, probably flipping hamburgers for minimum wage

he's fucked in ways most of us will never understand, just consider the implications of items 3 through 5.