UK Anonymous Hacktivists Get Jail Time

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Submission + - UK Anonymous Hacktivists Get Jail Time (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by

twoheadedboy

on Thursday January 24, 2013 @01:24PM

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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