[News]Kid gets 5 years for DDOS attacks

[IversonAli3]

Edison teen gets 5 years for attacks on Web sites

An Edison, New Jersey teen has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for carrying out online DDOS attacks, through the use of a 'bot net,' against competing Web sites which sold sporting goods. The teen has also been ordered to pay $35,000 in restitution as part of an agreement with the the Deputy State Attorney General. It is estimated that the attacks cost the victims more than $1.5 million in sales and expenses.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY ? A 17-year-old Edison boy has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing online attacks on commercial Web sites that authorities say cost the victims more than $1.5 million.

The sentence was imposed on Jasmine Singh yesterday by Judge Frederick DeVesa in Superior Court, New Brunswick.

Singh pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of computer theft for causing the attacks against Web sites selling sports jerseys and other sporting goods.

DeVesa also ordered Singh to pay $35,000 in restitution, the amount agreed upon by Singh's attorney, Lawrence Bitterman, and Deputy State Attorney General Kenneth Sharpe.

Singh will serve the sentence at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility at Yardville.

Singh, a former student at John P. Stevens High School, pleaded guilty in May to using a so-called "bot net" ? a network of infected computers ? to crash commercial and Internet

communications Web sites. According to the attorney general's office, Singh generated a series of attacks by compromising computers all over the world with a virus and then directing the infected computers to send the victim's company trillions of packets of data every hour.

Sharpe said the attacks cost victims more than $1.5 million ? sales the companies lost, and expenses they had to pay out to re-establish Web sites.

Authorities said Singh crashed the sites to give a competing Web site, "cl.com," operated by Jason Arabo, 18, of Southfield, Mich., an advantage in selling retro sports jerseys and other sporting goods.

In pleading for a non-jail sentence yesterday, Bitterman said Singh was lured into the business by Arabo because of a lifestyle of "being bounced around like a Ping-Pong ball from one home to another. He did not form any meaningful relationships. His computer was a place he could go to quietly enjoy himself."

Bitterman also argued the crimes were nonviolent.

Singh apologized and told the judge he is now working full time at a gasoline station and has been attending Perth Amboy Adult School.

Charges are pending against Arabo.

Sharpe, however, told the judge that Singh was not a victim of Arabo.

"He (Singh) enjoyed it. He liked it. He took pride in it," Sharpe said.

"He entered the computers without their permission with the purpose to attack the computers of these hardworking people to bankrupt them or whatever," Sharpe said.

Singh's main target, Sharpe said, was Jersey-Joe.com, based in Delran and another online company, Distant Replays of Atlanta, Ga. Sharpe said at least three other sites were attacked.

Singh, who was accused of more than 30 attacks between Aug. 20, 2002, and August 2003, admitted to more than five of them.

Singh and Arabo were arrested on March 18 following an extensive investigation by state police, the FBI and the state Division of Criminal Justice, triggered by complaints by Jersey-Joe.com.

In December, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Singh's home, confiscating his computer and other items.

Singh was originally charged in juvenile court with two first-degree charges of computer theft, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years each. After his case was waived up to adult court, the charges were reduced to second-degree offenses that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years.

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Just posted this to let you know that even when you're under 18, you can still get hard jailtime for attacks online. All someone needs to do it trace your IP address and hand it over to the FBI, and they'll be knocking on your door.(N8)

[kds]

Ahahahaha, dumbasses.

[Shin666]

Indeed, although 5 years i believe is the maximum sentence recievable in internet related crimes, lets hope he gets sent to a first security Federal Prison, and not a Federal "pound-me-in-the-ass" Prison. Poor chap =/

[IversonAli3]

The maximum penalty was 20 years, but since it was pushed to adult courts they lowered the maximum to 10.

[llafnwod]

This is nothing: http://www.usfca.edu/~trembath/www-c...s/no.hack.html

[howardmeis]

I'm glad I can't actualy hack anything. ^.^ And if I could I would use a school or library computer or just route through one.............. but I don't know how to hack so it doesn't matter.

[Shin666]

Tis indeed a harsh life hackers live, But i do believe it best to be a hacker in america, as you can come out of it with your life (and possibly a loose ass hole)

edit- I remember reading in a file somewhere the max was 5 years, maybe i'm wrong i'll go look for it i saved the file.

reedit- maximum is 20 years, looks like your right, still read the file. It's a good read, might even change your views on hacking or stop them in general

editx3- i forgot to tell you, its best if you open that file in a browser

[Iscariot]

He's going to get raped in prison, a big guy named bubba will ddos all over his ass.

[Rumplesttiltzkin]

And OJ is still free. Man wtf?

[BLeH]

hes not going to spend 5 years obviously probably get probation in 2 max 3

[Orchidomegaly]

ahah i still can't get passed the county name.... middlesex? ahah what the crap were they thinking.

[disco]

Singh was originally charged in juvenile court with two first-degree charges of computer theft, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years each

Jesus. I would rather serve that time for killing someone, not stealing money from their paypal account.

[punture]

Originally Posted by Orchidomegaly

ahah i still can't get passed the county name.... middlesex? ahah what the crap were they thinking.

they were in the middle of a sex when they had to come up with a name

Back on topic: That's really freaky... I never knew that the FBI was so sensitive about Ddos attacks.. Come on, there are other hacking methods out there that is more powerful than Ddos...

[Scorpi0n]

That famous Internet pirate, Razor 1911, was charge 5,000,000$ for all the software he pirated and sentenced to 10 years of prison.

If I can remember correctly.

[Belphegor]

Originally Posted by Scorpi0n

That famous Internet pirate, Razor 1911, was charge 5,000,000$ for all the software he pirated and sentenced to 10 years of prison.

If I can remember correctly.

Umm, thats recent? He made a 1.13b no-cd loader....

As for the comment to Iverson. That is true, but N8 is out mof country, mind sharing Canada's stand on this subject? I couldnt find any international relationships of DDoS attackers from US to Canada.