Four Years Jail For Bredolab Botnet Author

angry tapir writes "The creator of the Bredolab malware has received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia for using his botnet to launch DDoS attacks that damaged multiple computer systems owned by private individuals and organizations. G. Avanesov was sentenced by the Court of First Instance of Armenia's Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun administrative districts for offenses under Part 3 of the Article 253 of the country's Criminal Code — intentionally causing damage to a computer system with severe consequences."

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Re:What were the consequences

[Anonymous Coward]

Let me give you a more valid window glass analogy. If you had invested in better glass, the kids rock would not have smashed your window.

Plus we're talking about DDoS here. That is not trivial to protect against. Your jab at Microsoft is silly.