Teen behind Microsoft and Sony DDOS hacks sentenced to 2 years in jail

spiderman1216 · Apr 27, 2017

John256145 said:
Good, they got their comeuppance!

Yeah now your tax dollars can go to, someone that took down XBL and PSN.

Honestly this guy should have just been given a fine, Jail should be reserved for actual dangerous people. Like murders, and rapists. Not someone that DDoS servers.

Hurtz007 · Apr 27, 2017

If he had DDoSed some scammers then he wouldn't have gotten caught and even if he did get caught somehow then all that would happen is a slap on the wrist and a big ol pat on the back!

Deleted member 408979 · Apr 27, 2017

i do think we should use his knowledge for good!

(if he could DDOS FUCKING MICROSOFT at his 20 theres no telling what he could do in his 40)

Dominator211 · Apr 27, 2017

the_randomizer said:
2 years? That's it?? The little douche should be locked up for five times that at least. People who issue DDOS attacks need to be locked up and forbidden from using the internet indefinitely.

forbidden from using the internet iget where your coming from but HI MOM

Unia4L · Apr 27, 2017

Ugh ddosing is not hacking...

smf · Apr 27, 2017

Shadyz said:
Ugh ddosing is not hacking...

ddosing isn't, but they haven't disclosed how he infected all the computers in his botnet.

Unia4L · Apr 27, 2017

smf said:
ddosing isn't, but they haven't disclosed how he infected all the computers in his botnet.

True there is that, also he might just bought them, from the deep web etc.

(Sorry if my grammars bad.)

smf · Apr 27, 2017

Subtle Demise said:
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.

Getting charges pressed is easy. The problem was always going to be identifying him. We have no idea how they found him, it may be that they are contacting anyone offering ddos services and tracking payments etc. He might have done stupid, like paying for something with bitcoin. They are actively looking for people like this right now, they aren't just sitting by a red telephone waiting for microsoft (or some other big company) to phone.

Shadyz said:
True there is that, also he might just bought them, from the deep web etc.

(Sorry if my grammars bad.)

AFAICT from the story, he wrote malware and then rented out the botnet on the dark web. He did some DDOSing as well, but that was probably just part of his testing/marketing. But the story is not necessarily a good indication of what happened, it's based on a reporters interpretation of the cps and the defence. The cps lie to make it look worse than it was, the defence lie to make it look better than it was. The judge distils that, but it doesn't mean that it the truth.

WhiteMaze · Apr 27, 2017

The funny thing, is realizing each and everyone of these DDOS attacks, were probably caused due to his online play rage.

Varia · Apr 27, 2017

Since when is 20 considered teen?
I though teens were 13-19 because you know... the teen.

codezer0 · Apr 27, 2017

An hour's long outage? I don't see that deserving much of a sentence.

Making it so ea has to cancel Madden? That would be something worth talking about.

Ra1d · Apr 27, 2017

Hells Malice said:
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.

What's funny is he could probably get away with that 400k with no jail time if he didn't attack Sony and Microsoft which were probably the ones to trace him back.

smf · Apr 28, 2017

Varia said:
Since when is 20 considered teen?
I though teens were 13-19 because you know... the teen.

He was arrested over two years ago, when he was eight teen.

Everyone would be tried as an adult if they could just wait.

Tjessx · Apr 28, 2017

the_randomizer said:
2 years? That's it?? The little douche should be locked up for five times that at least. People who issue DDOS attacks need to be locked up and forbidden from using the internet indefinitely.

From his side of view, he didn't realize how serieus it was. He was overwelmed by his skulls an the capabilitizrd of the internet. He just lost 2 years of his life for testing his knwoledge. Instead of jail time they should use his knoLedge/skills and teach hil the concequences of his actions. He could be a valuable asset

SovietKitKat · Apr 29, 2017

He'll just end up bitter after prison and use his knowledge for even worse shit to make a living now that his chance of a decent career is pretty much nonexistent. He also probably won't be picked up by a cyber security company because a determined nine year old could learn how to DDoS.

Dr.Hacknik · Apr 29, 2017

VinLark said:
But the news told me it was 4chan!

Doesn't the media always blame shit on 4chan?
Why not Wikipedia?!

RedBlueGreen · Apr 30, 2017

Tjessx said:
From his side of view, he didn't realize how serieus it was. He was overwelmed by his skulls an the capabilitizrd of the internet. He just lost 2 years of his life for testing his knwoledge. Instead of jail time they should use his knoLedge/skills and teach hil the concequences of his actions. He could be a valuable asset

That's bullshit. He knew damn well it was wrong and he intended for it to be used maliciously. He deserves more than what he got as punishment. He intentionally created software that was intended to be used maliciously and break the law, he didn't download a game or take a joke too far.

smf · Apr 30, 2017

Ra1d said:
What's funny is he could probably get away with that 400k with no jail time if he didn't attack Sony and Microsoft which were probably the ones to trace him back.

The sites he attacked were determined by his customers. If it was automated then he may not even have been aware what sites were being attacked. It was the Police and the National Crime Agency that traced him.

http://www.bobfm.co.uk/news/local-n...e-tool-from-his-bedroom-jailed-for-two-years/

"The police operation into Mudd was internationally recognised, with investigators receiving the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) Blue Light Digital Award for its use of advanced digital forensics last month."

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/about-us/what-we-do/national-cyber-crime-unit

RedBlueGreen said:
That's bullshit. He knew damn well it was wrong and he intended for it to be used maliciously. He deserves more than what he got as punishment. He intentionally created software that was intended to be used maliciously and break the law, he didn't download a game or take a joke too far.

Jokes are often malicious, like trolling online memorial pages. People are dumb and don't think of the consequences, especially when they are sitting there typing on their computer. It's as if they are playing a computer game.

Two years in prison, or if he is released early then he'll have to report to probation & they can send him back if he breaks any conditions of his release, is not a light sentence. He'll have to declare his conviction to any employers who ask, so he'll struggle to find employment. He probably won't be able to keep any of the money he made as they are going to recover whatever they can, if they think he's not doing enough to return the money then he can have another 16 years added (although they would likely be less than that).

Most importantly, it's expensive to keep someone in prison, so the longer the sentence the more it costs the tax payers. So we don't want to give him a long sentence for a laugh.

Bimmel · Apr 30, 2017

Hope he stays well in there. Maybe he learned his lesson.

heraymo · May 1, 2017

Chary said:
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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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DDOS attacks are not hacking. there is a huge difference. anyone with the right tools can ddos. swear i want to slap a bitch everytime they call it hacking.

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