A teen is going to prison for participating in a DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology website.
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New Jersey Online reports that 19-year-old Dmitriy Guzner was sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to a DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology website. The Verona man pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer back in May 2009, admitting his participation in the attack against the website.
“This is not just the goofy endeavor of a teenager,†said Judge Joseph A. Greenaway this morning in the U.S. district Court in Newark. “I don’t believe this is something that just came upon Mr. Guzner... I don’t believe a young person gets involved in this act on a lark just because he’s surfing the Internet.â€
The Church of Scientology website went down for 24 hours back in 2008 as a result of a DDoS attack. Although the group Anonymous claimed itself responsible for the attack, Guzner said he was not a part of the group. However, he did admit that Anonymous wanted to "pull a prank." Unfortunately, Guzner didn't realize the full seriousness of the planned attack at that time.
In addition to the one year (and a day, go figure) prison sentence ordered today, Greenway also ordered the teen to serve two years of probation and to pay a $37,500 restitution fine to the church. The Church of Scientology originally demanded $119,000 to help pay for the website's new security measures, however the judge dismissed the motion and chose to accept Guzner's plea.
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I'm guesing the church of Scientology is not very forgiving. Sucks that he is being sent to Federal Prison which is probably a lot worse then city Jail, but I don't know I don't live in the states.
The moral of this story is "Don't mess with Scientology, or Tom Cruise's Church."
The Boy did not deserve the extra day in jail. 1 year and paying 37K is worst enough.
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New Jersey Online reports that 19-year-old Dmitriy Guzner was sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to a DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology website. The Verona man pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer back in May 2009, admitting his participation in the attack against the website.
“This is not just the goofy endeavor of a teenager,†said Judge Joseph A. Greenaway this morning in the U.S. district Court in Newark. “I don’t believe this is something that just came upon Mr. Guzner... I don’t believe a young person gets involved in this act on a lark just because he’s surfing the Internet.â€
The Church of Scientology website went down for 24 hours back in 2008 as a result of a DDoS attack. Although the group Anonymous claimed itself responsible for the attack, Guzner said he was not a part of the group. However, he did admit that Anonymous wanted to "pull a prank." Unfortunately, Guzner didn't realize the full seriousness of the planned attack at that time.
In addition to the one year (and a day, go figure) prison sentence ordered today, Greenway also ordered the teen to serve two years of probation and to pay a $37,500 restitution fine to the church. The Church of Scientology originally demanded $119,000 to help pay for the website's new security measures, however the judge dismissed the motion and chose to accept Guzner's plea.
Tom's Guide
I'm guesing the church of Scientology is not very forgiving. Sucks that he is being sent to Federal Prison which is probably a lot worse then city Jail, but I don't know I don't live in the states.
The moral of this story is "Don't mess with Scientology, or Tom Cruise's Church."
The Boy did not deserve the extra day in jail. 1 year and paying 37K is worst enough.