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."

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I predict this post wil be modified as a troll

[Dolphinzilla]

It is my observation after being on Slashdot for a very long time that if this guy had gotten 30 years for a DDoS on Wikileaks you'd have been dancing in the streets for joy - I wish the collective "we" here on Slashdot were capable of a little more objectivity, the guy committed crimes, he was found guilty, he got time - yes he committed his crimes against conservatives, and maybe he even thought it was noble, but there are other ways to protest against other peoples views that don't involve criminal activities...

Re:As a rabid lefty

[RazorSharp]

Remember how many people have been called "racist" for disagreeing with Obama's politics?

You mean those people at rallies with confederate flags and racist signs?

Though shit

[SmallFurryCreature]

Here is a news flash, criminals do NOT get to determine their own sentence. We, the rest of society do and as a group we don't want any misbehaving.

And it is a rare criminal to fully accept what he did was wrong and how much damage it cost. Oh but I only raped her for a bit of fun, she knew that when I knocked her teeth out that I was only playing.

You see, complaining that your punishment is so harsh and hurts you so much is kinda missing the point that the majority (and they get to do the telling) WANT punishment to be harsh and hurt criminals so much.

And since you are completly unwilling to tell us WHAT you did that you claim was a prank, I think you KNOW that most would NOT call it a silly prank.

Or are you afraid you got pounded in the ass for five years for blowing up a mail box? No damage? What about the mail that was inside? Oh but that doesn't matter that someone doesn't get a notice of a death so they can attend the funeral. Just as long as you had a bit of fun.

Enjoy your criminal record.