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Two men who carried out cyber attacks to the Anonymous hacking group has been jailed.
Was jailed Christopher Weatherhead, 22, of Northampton, and Ashley Rhodes, 28, of Camberwell, London, for 18 months and seven months respectively.
The two men who distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks to paralyze computer systems by flooding them with online applications.
Including the ones they attacked the PayPal payment site, it costs £ 3.5m.
Co-defendant was Peter Gibson, of Hartlepool, a six-month sentence, suspended for two years.
Another defendant, Jake Birchall, 18, from Chester, was sentenced on 1 February.
'You're being stung'
The sentences were down at Southwark Crown Court and considered the first DDoS convictions in the United Kingdom.
Weatherhead and Rhodes was found guilty of conspiring to impair the operation of computers between August 1, 2010 and January 22, 2011.
Gibson was considered a smaller role in the conspiracy and admitted, as did Birchall.
The websites were selected target of cyber attacks by Anonymous, as part of something called Operation Payback, because the hackers did not agree with their opinions.
The two men who distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks to paralyze computer systems by flooding them with online applications.
Including the ones they attacked the PayPal payment site, it costs £ 3.5m.
Co-defendant was Peter Gibson, of Hartlepool, a six-month sentence, suspended for two years.
Another defendant, Jake Birchall, 18, from Chester, was sentenced on 1 February.
'You're being stung'
The sentences were down at Southwark Crown Court and considered the first DDoS convictions in the United Kingdom.
Weatherhead and Rhodes was found guilty of conspiring to impair the operation of computers between August 1, 2010 and January 22, 2011.
Gibson was considered a smaller role in the conspiracy and admitted, as did Birchall.
The websites were selected target of cyber attacks by Anonymous, as part of something called Operation Payback, because the hackers did not agree with their opinions.
Bodies hit by attacks Mastercard and Visa.Southwark
Crown Court heard previously attacked PayPal had decided not to process
payments on behalf of the Wau Holland Foundation, an organization
involved in raising funds for the Wikileaks website.Visitors
to the website in question in this case a page displaying the message:
"You have to try to bite the hand Anonymous You angered the hive and
now you are being stung.".Handing
down sentences, the Judge said Peter Testar: "It is unacceptable when
an individual or group agrees to a specific entity's activities, they
should be free to restrict such activity by attacks such as those which took place in this case. "Prosecutor Joel Smith said that theirs was a "sustained campaign" designed to "damage, financial loss and disclosure of press".'Twizzle ideological'The judge said that the DDoS attacks were not particularly sophisticated."What was sophisticated pieces were taken to protect the identity of those involved," he said."The
investigators are really to be commended for breaking down the
anonymity wall was set up to prevent the of conspirators interrupted
activity."Ministry
of Sound attack sites is estimated to cost £ 9,000, and the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry costs more than £
20,000 and the British Phonographic Industry is more than £ 4,000.There
was no financial impact on MasterCard and Visa had indicated to the
court, who once boasted Weatherhead line after £ 1m worth of damage to
MasterCard.Gibson
suggested an attack on the website of singer Lily Allen, who is now
known by her married name Lily Cooper, as a possible target for Rhodes
at one point. He agreed with the idea but the attack never went ahead.Judge Testar told the court: "They got themselves into a bit of of twizzle ideological."On
one hand, they had to attack her as she was standing against copyright
infringement. Yet on the other hand, they did not like the idea of
artists attack."
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