California Botmaster Faces Prison for PC Attacks

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

[snip]

A 20-year-old California hacker who created a virus that jeopardized
patients at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, damaged computers at U.S.
military installations worldwide and affected thousands of others will
be sentenced today.

Federal prosecutors will ask U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman to send
Christopher Maxwell to prison for six years.

Maxwell's lawyer will argue that only probation and community service
is warranted, according to court documents.

Defense attorney Steven Bauer cites Maxwell's lack of a criminal record
and maintains that he did not intend such an extensive spread of his
robot virus program, or "botnet" software.

[snip]

More:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/282561_botnet25.html

- ferg


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