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Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks

Posted by Soulskill on from the distributed-denial-of-freedom-attack dept.

wiredmikey writes "A former University of Akron student was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for conducting denial of service attacks on the sites of several prominent conservative figures as well as infecting several systems with botnet software. Mitchell L. Frost, age 23, of Bellevue, Ohio admitted that between August 2006 and March 2007, he initiated denial of service attacks on web servers hosting the sites of political commentators, including Bill O'Reilly, Rudy Giuliani, Ann Coulter, and others."

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  1. Ahh, freedom of speech is so precious to the Left. by bhlowe · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Until it isn't!! Similar to the idiots who steal campaign signs... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steals+campaign+signs&aq=f

  2. he'd be free if he hacked the dems by jsepeta · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    because political operatives for the GOP have basically skirted the law for decades pulling shit like this and the DOS attacks on democratic offices and phone systems.

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  3. Re:As a rabid lefty by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Coulter isn't an asshole, she's a fucking cunt.

    *shrug* So is Michelle Obama. Your point? Oh, wait, it's the "my side is all angels who shit miracles and the other side is the worst devils in all of history" effect you ideology seized brain isn't it. You have my sympathies. When is the funeral for your intellect?

  4. Sad right by w1z4rd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its really depressing how far right some of the posts here are. I always thought nerds were smart :(