A British hacker faces 15 years in prison after launching a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against two US companies.
Lee Graham Walker and German Axel Gembe have been charged with conspiracy and intentionally damaging a computer system. According to the FBI, the pair were part of a group headed by Jay Echouafni, owner of Orbit Communications Corporation.
The group employed Walker and Gembe to attack two of Orbit Communications' competitors with a worm that compromised a network of machines, flooding the sites with traffic and sending them offline, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
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Kevscar said: In this case the point was money they were employed to do it
lalala said: What is the piont im sorry its point Fun perhaps whats living good for anyways if you dont have fun
Emma louise said: What is the piont What did they gain from this experience apart from hours sitting a a computer while the rest of us were out living our livesOh yeah im sorry theyre getting prison sentances while the rest of us live our lives