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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. Re:I've seen this movie! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No, we don't.

    You can keep prison-rape as a predominantly US phenomenon.

    I do have a question on the subject...

    Rape is terrible, we all know it's a horrible crime. Why when someone convicted of a crime, especially non-violent, is it suddenly a hilarious prospect?