Brit mastermind of Anonymous PayPal attack gets 18 months' porridge.
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A British member of the hacking group Anonymous was jailed today for orchestrating attacks that knocked PayPal, Visa and Mastercard offline.
Christopher Weatherhead, 22, who used the online nickname "Nerdo" and was described by prosecutors as "a high-level operator", was sent down for 18 months by Southwark Crown Court. Ashley Rhodes, 28, an Anonymous crony, was jailed for seven months.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01...ncing_payback/
It is interesting as he didn't actually carry out the attacks. He got 18 months for inciting/organising it.
Not sure if it has been made public yet but he was using trucrypt encryption on his computer there is some new law in relation to withholding encryption keys.