Adam Mudd, the person behind multiple security breaches and hacks against companies such Sony, Microsoft, Runescape, and more, has just been sentenced to two years in jail by a UK judge. Mudd, age 20, was responsible for creating "Titanium Stresser", a program that was able to send denial of service attacks to countless vulnerable websites. 181 IP addresses were affected from 594 attacks by Mudd, who then sold the program for £386k, allowing for hackers to wreak havoc upon more than 660k IP addresses. He then carried out attacks on Sony and Microsoft servers, taking online capabilities down for hours at a time. Mudd's defense claimed that there was no ill intent, and Mudd only did the previously stated crimes for attention. Judge Micheal Topolski, however, ruled that Mudd has clear knowledge of the repercussions of his dealings, stating ""I'm entirely satisfied that you knew full well and understood completely this was not a game for fun. I have a duty to the public who are worried about this, threatened by this, damaged by this all the time," and sentenced him to 2 years in a correctional facility.

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[Dionicio3]

This reminds me of those dark times when Paladins servers were DDoSed and no one could play for 2h.
Good thing that skiddo is in jail now.

Just noticed this post lol.

Anyways, I wonder how much is his bail.

 

[MajinCubyan]

First offense, two years is a fair sentence. And I'm sure with good behavior he'd be out sooner.

Also, he kinda looks like that actor from Superbad.

 

[Haloman800]

He looks like McLovin' from Superbad

Spoiler

 

[Wiisel]

Illegal substances.. What else?

Posession is pretty slack in the UK in most cases your looking at a fine and possibly some community service.

Class A Maximum: 7 years’ custody Offence range: Fine – 51 weeks’ custody
Class B Maximum: 5 years’ custody Offence range: Discharge – 26 weeks’ custody
Class C Maximum: 2 years’ custody Offence range: Discharge – Community order

http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk..._Offences_Definitive_Guideline_final_web1.pdf

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

ermergerrd! He messed with our video games! Two years is way too short for a kid messing with mah vidya gaems! Give him life in prison!

Don't belittle the situation. He knew damn well what he was doing and he got caught.

 

[Subtle Demise]

ermergerrd! He messed with our video games! Two years is way too short for a kid messing with mah vidya gaems! Give him life in prison!

Yeah I wanted to post the same thing. Like I said earlier, if it were anything else nothing would have happened to the dude, hell, I don't think even Jagex by itself would have enough clout to actually get charges pressed.


I bet if he was taking down some of those copyright enforcement firms or RIAA/MPAA servers, people here would be calling him a martyr, but if you fuck with them vidja gaymz, so help me god!

 

[grossaffe]

Don't belittle the situation. He knew damn well what he was doing and he got caught.

I'm not belittling the situation. He did the crime and will be serving two years in prison. Seems reasonable. I'm belittling all little balls of anger on here that think he needs to serve a greater sentence because he affected their online video game playing. He didn't kill anyone, or steal credit card info.

Think anyone here would be calling for a larger sentence if he was going to prison for piracy?

 

[p1ngpong]

I hope he gets stabbed in prison.

 

[lolboy]

He did good by taking down the beasts (Microsoft, Sony) whom consider them self as "bigboys".

 

[Kioku]

Yeah I wanted to post the same thing. Like I said earlier, if it were anything else nothing would have happened to the dude, hell, I don't think even Jagex by itself would have enough clout to actually get charges pressed.


I bet if he was taking down some of those copyright enforcement firms or RIAA/MPAA servers, people here would be calling him a martyr, but if you fuck with them vidja gaymz, so help me god!

Why do people assume it's because of video games? Hm? The concept of a larger issue too much for some of you? This inbred twat gave people a tool to do much more than kill video games.

 

[Pacheko17]

> hacked Sony
Eh whatever
> hacked Microsoft
Who cares?
> hacked Runescape
DUDE WTF YOU WANNA FIGHT?!

selling rune scimi 16k

 

[rad3ds]

We all know how this ends... he will be set for life and offered a job. Basically Microsoft and Sony will be competing to hire him.

I doubt that. DDoS attacks like this are just shitty behavior, not really genius stuff.

 

[Pluupy]

In other words, this kid knew exactly what he was doing and has no respect for the law. Serves him right. I'd say they let him off lightly, but one of my cousins went to two years in jail for possession of cocaine so kinda weird making the comparison.

 

[Vipera]

386k? Son of a bitch.
If he just gets 2 years for this, that's a damn good deal. Got to fuck with big companies and make swag.
That's a pretty impressive resume for a 20 year old though.

Good luck finding any job with criminal charges for having sold critical data to malicious people. I'm sure companies will fight in the queue to hire him first.

 

[tbb043]

I hope he gets stabbed in prison.

Oh, a pretty boy like him's gonna get "stabbed" plenty in prison. 2 years sounds plenty given how sore his butt's going to get in that time.

 

[XavyrrVaati]

He should've gotten more jail time, just to make an example

That's a wonderful idea. Let's sentence people unfairly just because it might scare off a few others. That's literally against what the justice system stands for.

 

[Sketchy1]

Don't know wether to call him an assbag, or give props for doing it.
Not bad for a 20 year old tho
*Claps hands in congrats while scowling*

 

[Deboog]

Don't know wether to call him an assbag, or give props for doing it.
Not bad for a 20 year old tho
*Claps hands in congrats while scowling*

He was only 16 when he did it!

 

[KingpinSlim]

I personally do not agree with what he did, but i do not think someone so young should be incarcerated for something like this.
I do not believe jails can actually help rehabilitate someone.
Therapy and assisted living would have been a better choice, if it was up to me.
He certainly has some anti-social tendencies, but jail is only going to make that worse.
At the end you get someone even more dangerous than before.

 

[John256145]

Good, they got their comeuppance!