Security News > 2020 > June > Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for DDoS Attacks
Rakhshan was sentenced to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $520,000 in restitution.
He admitted to conspiring to launch a DDoS attack in January 2015, targeting Leagle.com, a legal aggregation site that had published information about Rakhshan's prior criminal conviction in Canada, and which was hosted by a provider located in Dallas, Texas.
In March 2018, a "Federal jury voted to convict Mr. Rakhshan of knowingly causing the transmission of a command to a protected computer, an offense that carried a 10 year maximum prison term," DoJ explains.
"In some instances, Mr. Rakhshan threatened to call in bomb threats. Often, after initiating a successful DDoS attack, Mr. Rakhshan would contact the victim, admit to being the convicted person, brag about the successful attack, and threaten additional attacks," the DoJ reveals.
Rakhshan launched multiple DDoS attacks against each victim, and most sites gave in to his demands and removed the information.
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