05-10-2006, 10:26 AM
Judge slaps botmaster with jail time http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/09/...x.php?pf=1
A judge sentenced Jeanson James Ancheta, of Downey, California, to 57 months in federal prison. After he ends his term, he will spend three more years on supervised release, and during that time he will have limited access to computers and to the Internet.
The 20-year old Ancheta pled guilty in January to federal criminal charges stemming from his activities creating and spreading viruses and profiting from them.
Computer hacker set for U.S. extradition http://today.reuters.co.uk/misc/PrinterF...pe=topNews&storyID=2006-05-10T100924Z_01_L10488523_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CRIME-BRITAIN-HACKER.xml
LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer expert accused by Washington of the world's "biggest military hack of all time" can be extradited to the United States, a court ruled on Wednesday.
Gary McKinnon, 40, was arrested last June following charges by U.S. prosecutors that he illegally accessed 97 government computers -- including Pentagon, U.S. army, navy and NASA systems -- causing $700,000 (376,000 pounds) worth of damage.
A judge sentenced Jeanson James Ancheta, of Downey, California, to 57 months in federal prison. After he ends his term, he will spend three more years on supervised release, and during that time he will have limited access to computers and to the Internet.
The 20-year old Ancheta pled guilty in January to federal criminal charges stemming from his activities creating and spreading viruses and profiting from them.
Computer hacker set for U.S. extradition http://today.reuters.co.uk/misc/PrinterF...pe=topNews&storyID=2006-05-10T100924Z_01_L10488523_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CRIME-BRITAIN-HACKER.xml
LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer expert accused by Washington of the world's "biggest military hack of all time" can be extradited to the United States, a court ruled on Wednesday.
Gary McKinnon, 40, was arrested last June following charges by U.S. prosecutors that he illegally accessed 97 government computers -- including Pentagon, U.S. army, navy and NASA systems -- causing $700,000 (376,000 pounds) worth of damage.
