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UK Anonymous Hacktivists Get Jail Time

Posted by timothy on from the sadly-taking-up-room-for-spammers dept.

twoheadedboy writes "Two members of the Anonymous hacking collective have been handed a total of 25 months in prison. Christopher Weatherhead, a 22-year-old who went under the pseudonym Nerdo, received the most severe punishment — 18 months in prison. Another member, Ashley Rhodes, was handed seven months, whilst Peter Gibson was given a six-month suspended sentence. They were convicted for hitting a variety of websites, including those belonging to PayPal and MasterCard."

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  1. I've seen this movie! by localman57 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Peter Gibson was given a six-month suspended sentence.

    He has lived a trite and meaningless life. Oh, wait. No. That's Gibbons, not Gibson.

    1. Re:I've seen this movie! by localman57 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only if he violates probation and has to serve his sentence. BTW, over there they call it National-Pound-Me-In-Me-Bum-Jail.