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Man Gets 3 Years for Botnet Attack

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-job-macgruff dept.

Vobbo writes "Weeks after NANOG subscribers argued whether or not mitigating botnet command and control systems was a worthwhile endeavor, the LA Times reports that the old fashioned method of arresting and prosecuting criminals still works. Prosecutors successfully prosecuted a 21 year old who had conspired to create botnets that attacked the Department of Defense, a California school district, and a Seattle hospital before being arrested. He plead guilty and was sentenced to 3 years of 'supervised release.'"

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  1. 100k for Installing Spyware? by Elvis77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My teenagers have managed to install spyware on ALL my computers... little did I know that they could earn a living at it...

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    The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed (SK)
  2. Re:I wonder... by Konster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If anything, punishment for IT related crimes are far behind where they should be. In a lot of ways, the internet is the modern equivalent of the lawless west where there are far too many criminals and far too few deputies and effective laws put into place to deal with criminals.

    Same thing in IT right now, lots of easy crimes to commit with few real repurcussions for illegal actions.