Lulzsec hacker group given jail time following Sony, Nintendo attacks

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Four members of hacking group Lulzsec have been handed jail sentences following high-profile cyber attacks on several companies, including Nintendo, Sony and EA>

Ryan Cleary was given 32 months in jail, Jake Davis is to serve two years and Ryan Ackroyd was jailed for 30 months. Mustafa al-Bassam received a 20-month suspended sentence, reports BBC.
Ackroyd last month entered his guilty plea at a hearing in London in April 2013, for carrying out cyber-attacks that disrupted the websites of companies including Sony and Nintendo.

In 2012 Cleary and Davis both pleaded guilty to multiple counts of conspiracy related to website attacks on Sony, Nintendo the NHS and a raft of other institutions.

Teenager Mustafa Al-Bassam also previously pleaded guilty to disrupting websites at the Central Intelligence Agency and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

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ScattersPosted:

Gossip Even nerds go to jail


Normally, and I can think of several people off the top of my head, hackers like this kill themselves while in prison.

RequirementPosted:

The things people can do on there computer. Mindblown.

SynybunPosted:

Wagering That's crazy...Jail time for hacking...


Hackers can do some serious damage.

MatsyPosted:

That's a fair sentence, in my opinion.

IntPosted:

A fair sentence for hacking tbh.

HeatwavePosted:

A fair sentence, should teach them not to do it.

GossipPosted:

Even nerds go to jail

SCOPosted:

ExoticWolfs I hope that will teach them a lesson. :P


Well it probably will i mean only a teenager and going to jail, thats pretty bad

C00KIEZZZPosted:

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Wagering That's crazy...Jail time for hacking...


They shouldn't have hacked. Hacking is technically against the law. (when it comes to big companies like this)


any hacking is illigal thats why you have to go anonymous when you do it! :)

ShrillPosted:

Wagering That's crazy...Jail time for hacking...


They shouldn't have hacked. Hacking is technically against the law. (when it comes to big companies like this)