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Scientology Attacker Will Be Sentenced To Jail

Posted by kdawson on from the taking-one-for-the-team dept.

OBG writes "A Nebraska native charged with taking part in a massive cyber-attack against the Scientology website will be spending the next year behind bars. 20-year-old Brian Thomas Mettenbrink will plead guilty to the charge of unauthorized access of a protected computer for his involvement in the denial of service attack, which was orchestrated by the online group 'Anonymous.' Mettenbrink's is the second successful prosecution connected to the 'Anonymous' attacks. Last year, Dmitriy Guzner of Verona, New Jersey, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for attacks on Scientology sites."

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  1. Justice by nawitus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, if you beat up somebody, you'll probably get less jail time than refreshing a website several times using a script?

    1. Re:Justice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      SciFag Inc. does NOT have millions of brain dead slaves.
      Actual data suggests a mass exodus of customers (thanks to Anonymous) and they have now between 50k and 200k idiotic followers. Worldwide.

  2. Re:Heroes, not criminals. by hairyfeet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Don't forget they try to get YOUR tax dollars to pay for recruitment through Narconon and Criminon and even broke into the IRS and wiretapped the place, so as far as I'm concerned they are RICO bait and deserve to be treated no better than any other criminal organization.

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  3. Re:Seriously? by delirium+of+disorder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    However irrational religions are, they serve also usefull purposes.
    Useful for the elite.

    If the shift would be to[sic] rapid, you'll get chaos and the world reverting quickly to a state worse than before the shift.
    You're on slashdot and you don't see how self organization, voluntary association, and mutual aid, can work? Hierarchy and exploitation are chaos. Democracy and freedom could give us more peace and order.

    the gods are...completelly real...as constructs which proved hugely beneficial during our evolution; they wouldn't be so prevalent otherwise.
    Once again, beneficial to those in charge, not the rest of us. Pie in the sky when you die; That's a lie!

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  4. Re:We are Anonymous. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What do I care?
    The chance it will be me next time is infinitesimal.
    I know the risk and take it with full awareness. So did they.
    And if they come for me after all, I won't cry to Anonymous for help, because I know it won't come. None of us means a thing, and if you think otherwise you are deluding yourself.