Security News > 2018 > August > Castaway hacker guilty of hospital DDoS attack

2018-08-02 18:51
He'll almost certainly get more than a three-hour tour for this A self-styled Anonymous hacker who attempted to flee the US in a sailboat has been convicted of two felonies for his role in a 2014 DDoS attack on a children's hospital.…
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