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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."

3 of 354 comments (clear)

  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?

  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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    ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
  3. 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.