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The Bitcoin Baron, a self-proclaimed vigilante responsible for DDoS attacks on civic networks in Madison, Wisc., San Marcos, Texas, and other sites in 2015, has been collared in Phoenix and sentenced to serve 20 months in prison.
The conviction and sentencing is only for the former attack, in which Randall Charles Tucker, who was 20 at the time, disabled the City of Madison’s website for six days, crippled the 911 emergency communication system and degraded the emergency service dispatch system. He went on to boast about the attacks on social media, according to the court documents, and on Skype chats in his gaming community.
The attack’s motivation is unclear, but it came shortly after a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old unarmed black man by a Madison police officer sparked outrage. Police brutality soon became a recurring theme for Tucker.
[...] The hacker pleaded guilty in April of last year to one count of intentional damage to a protected computer, in Madison.
In addition to the jail time, U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes of the District of Arizona also ordered Tucker to pay $69,331.56 in restitution.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 26 2018, @12:33PM (2 children)
And personally, I hope any prison guard who actually does that felony ends up in jail (just like our Bitcoin Baron did!). I find it remarkable how you blissfully brag about prison guard brutality and then rationalize it away as being due to "fellow inmates".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 26 2018, @01:27PM (1 child)
No guard will ever be charged with a felony for failing to see an inmate beat another's ass. Watch the news. Guards are only criminally charged for having sex with the inmates, sneaking in contraband, helping an inmate escape, or tying them down and pepper spraying them.
I don't think you understand what constitutes bragging any more than you do guard brutality.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 26 2018, @01:39PM
And there we go again.