Security News > 2019 > January > UK Hacker Jailed for Attack on Liberian Telecoms Firm
2019-01-11 18:25
A British computer hacker has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for a cyberattack that knocked out telecommunications services in Liberia. Daniel Kaye was paid by an employee of a rival firm to launch a distributed denial of service attack on Liberian phone and internet provider Lonestar. read more
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