Quebec hacker who was 12 when he crippled government websites gets probation

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BY SIDHARTHA BANERJEE
THE CANADIAN PRESS
NOVEMBER 27, 2013

MONTREAL - A Montreal hacker who was just 12 when he crippled several 
provincial government websites and shared information in exchange for 
video games has been sentenced to 18 months probation.

The 14-year-old pleaded guilty in October to attacks that occurred in 2012 
at the height of Quebec's student protests.

The group for which he acted, Anonymous, was particularly vocal against 
the then-Liberal government, particularly a law limiting the right to 
protest.

A series of attacks targeting government-related websites ensued under a 
campaign dubbed "Operation Quebec" in response to the law, which has since 
been repealed.

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