'Bot Master' Gets 12 Months In Federal Prison
Thomas Claburn writes on InformationWeek:
On Tuesday, Jason Michael Downey, operator of a network of compromised PCs, received a 12-month sentence in federal prison for unlawful computer intrusion, U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy said in a statement.More here.
Downey, 24, of Dry Ridge, Ky., was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison, three years on suspended release, and was ordered to pay $21,110 in restitution and to perform 150 hours of community service.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, information presented in court indicates that that defendant owned the Rizon.Net Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network from mid-June 2004 through early September 2004.
During this time, Downey was found to have operated a bot network. By directing compromised PCs to attack and subvert other computers, he managed to increase the size of his bot network to about 6,000 machines. Thereafter, he used the IRC network known as Yotta-byte.net to launch denial-of-service attacks that impaired various computer systems on the Internet. The DoJ puts the financial damage caused by these attacks at over $20,000.
posted by Fergie @ 10/26/2007 06:04:00 PM
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