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wraggster
January 25th, 2013, 23:22
Two members of the Anonymous hacking collective have been handed a total of 25 months in prison (http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/uk-anonymous-hackers-jail-sentencing-105364). Christopher Weatherhead, a 22-year-old who went under the pseudonym Nerdo, received the most severe punishment — 18 months in prison. Another member, Ashley Rhodes, was handed seven months, whilst Peter Gibson was given a six-month suspended sentence. They were convicted for hitting a variety of websites, including those belonging to PayPal and MasterCard.

http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/01/24/2030254/uk-anonymous-hacktivists-get-jail-time