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    • Hacker sentenced to 37 months in prison

      Posted by Billbar from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Sending a message to malicious computer hackers "squirreled away in their basements," U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman on Friday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 37 months in federal prison for a global robot virus attack in 2004 and 2005. To achieve his aim, he essentially took remote control of huge numbers of computers around the world, causing them to spread the infection and increase his profits. The Seattle FBI's cybersquad believes the scheme netted Maxwell and two unnamed teenage accomplices more than $100,000.

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