A 38-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison with a suspended sentence and a large fine for participating in a distributed denial-of-service carried out by Anonymous against the Koch Industries in 2011.
The remarkable thing is that he only took part in the attack for a minute.
Eric J. Rosol, a resident of Wisconsin, was convicted for taking part in the Anonymous on Kochind.com on February 28, 2011, using a popular DDoSthat was found on his computer.
Rosol, however, admitted to taking part in the attack for only a minute. He pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge and was sentenced to two years in prison with probation and a $183,000 fine, the Justice Department told IT World.
Activists argue that such sentences for this type of hacking are disproportionate to the crime and are calling for changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which was passed in 1980 and is still used to prosecute cybercrimes today.
