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Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks
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."
Until it isn't!! Similar to the idiots who steal campaign signs... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steals+campaign+signs&aq=f
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.
Remember kids, if you're not paying for the service, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT THAT IS BEING SOLD.
Another craptastic Slashdot headline. Before you get too worked up over what you think is just healthy right-wing bashing, read what actually got him this sentence. The last part especially -- how many students got f*cked over by the university's network outage? It could have cost someone a grade and ruined subsequent opportunities. For the entire school. For the amount of risk he deliberately put others in, I think 2 years is way too lenient. He obviously has some kind of power complex and enjoys wielding it.
"According to court documents, Frost admitted that between August 2006, and March 2007, while enrolled as a student at the University of Akron, he used the University's computer network to access IRC channels infected several systems located in the United States and in other countries with botnet zombies.
Frost also admitted gaining access to other computers and computer networks by various means, including scanning for computer networks which were vulnerable to attack or unauthorized intrusion, gaining unauthorized access to and control over such computers, and fraudulently obtaining user names and passwords for users on such systems. Frost admitted using the compromised machines to spread malware and harvest data from the compromised systems, including user names, passwords, credit card numbers, and CVV security codes, and for the purpose of launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on computer systems and Internet websites.
The former student also admitted initiating denial of service attacks against University of Akron computer servers on or about March 14, 2007, which caused the entire University of Akron computer network to be knocked off-line for approximately 8 12 hours, preventing all students, faculty and staff members from accessing the network. The University claimed that response and remediation efforts to restore network services cost over $10,000."
See also Republicans, and Teabaggers responses to their own being raging assholes.
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?
Please tone the language down, I have my kid here reading with me.
Your kid can be fucked by the virgin Mary's cunt for all I care. Slashdot is a site for people who are mature. If your kid can't handle it, he/she can fuck off and go do some other shit already. Attempting to suppress other peoples' communication because you are offended is obscene. Go be offended someplace else, like at Disney's website.
Its really depressing how far right some of the posts here are. I always thought nerds were smart :(