Teen Jailed for DDoS Church of Scientology
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Curch, Scientology, Teen, Jailed, DDoS | Themes: The Internet, Business
A teen is going to prison for participating in a DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology website.
New Jersey Online reports that 19-year-old Dmitriy Guzner was sentenced to a year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to a DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology website. The Verona man pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer back in May 2009, admitting his participation in the attack against the website.
“This is not just the goofy endeavor of a teenager,” said Judge Joseph A. Greenaway this morning in the U.S. district Court in Newark. “I don’t believe this is something that just came upon Mr. Guzner... I don’t believe a young person gets involved in this act on a lark just because he’s surfing the Internet.”
The Church of Scientology website went down for 24 hours back in 2008 as a result of a DDoS attack. Although the group Anonymous claimed itself responsible for the attack, Guzner said he was not a part of the group. However, he did admit that Anonymous wanted to "pull a prank." Unfortunately, Guzner didn't realize the full seriousness of the planned attack at that time.
In addition to the one year (and a day, go figure) prison sentence ordered today, Greenway also ordered the teen to serve two years of probation and to pay a $37,500 restitution fine to the church. The Church of Scientology originally demanded $119,000 to help pay for the website's new security measures, however the judge dismissed the motion and chose to accept Guzner's plea.
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Lol go figure the Church of Scientology wants money!
nubs...
If he would have based the attack out of France, they probably would have paid [i]him.[i]
1. DDoS the Church of Scientology
2. Get fined and sent to prison.
3. When released move to France.
4. ????
5. Profit!
in b4 personal army
This is bull. The site was down for 1 day. $37,000 and 1 year in prison is a load of Scientology. His punishment is in far excess of his crime.
all in all, the site deserved it
no, it wasn't a random act, it was a planned attack on a horrible organisation that deserves a lot worse. deserves a medal, not jail.
in Australia, a senior politician has called for a senate inquiry into the church! publicly accusing them of many horrible acts.
"the Church of Scientology originally demanded $119,000 to help pay for the website's new security measures,"
WTF!? I was unaware that it was his fault that their site had poor security!?
Wow... Way to harsh of a punishment for knocking a website down for 1 day. And the church wants him to pay for their security features? WTF?
It's sad really...the judge's comments show just how disconnected he is from what teens are capable of and how bored they can get.
Fuck scientology.
Those guys are fucking psychopaths. If you read it, its like fucking modern day Nazi-ism.
Those guys are two steps from being terrorists and should be shut down.
Wonder if the judge is getting promoted from Tom to John for his actions. ;o)
year and a day is a standard sentance, under a year is county jail and over a year is prison. So they ether give 364 days or a year and a day.
he did it for the lulz...but now the lulz are over.
haha, wow this story is so beyond the realms of sanity.
Scientology is not a church, it is a cult and that cult can go fuck itself. I hope some of those cult members read this site. Tom Cruise, David Miscavige, and the rest of those wackos can suck my dick.
I would like to add that the judge is a fucking idiot. DDoS attacks are child's play and any script kiddie can do it. As a matter of fact, I am about to go fuck up the scientology website. Fucking scumbags.
man that guy should get a reward not a jail sentence!
For $37k they should at least let him have one of their Lord Xenu secret decoder rings...
that is a bummer for the child.let me tell you i went to federal prison 20 years ago.i sold an 1/8 ounce of cocaine to an informant and got 18 months,6 years supervised release,and 3600.00 dollar fine.this kid got the royal shaft for his crime.
screw that scientology krap !!!
For $37k they should at least let him have one of their Lord Xenu secret decoder rings...
I say they should make the kid a level 10, or 20...or whatever the fucking levels mean. You know, I think that scientology is like an MMO: You meet a lot of freaks and it is all about giving the organization money to level up constantly.
Holy shit, MMOs are Xenu's way to get into our brains.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we must DDoS scientology's website before they hack our brains.
gorehound: You need to be a prison consultant for the kid. Help the boy out.
The punishment definitely does not fit the crime. This is sad
I'm all for gi\/ing him a medal. Ob\/ously the law does not work for the people because almost e\/eryone is in agreement that he doesn't deser\/e punishment, but instead a medal. :-p
I'm all for gi\/ing him a medal. Ob\/ously the law does not work for the people because almost e\/eryone is in agreement that he doesn't deser\/e punishment, but instead a medal. :-p
Are these consummate \/s the fad of the day or what?
get a 15 year old canadian to do it next time. no jail time due to Youth Offenders Act of 1984
I was gonna say, out in six months or sooner, but this is federal prison. They don't even play parole.
Aw, come on. DDoS'ing them is doing us all a favor
Hah haaaah. Awesome.
I've just created a Scientology website. So who wants to DDoS me? I promise I won't sue......
Wow, a year in prison for a DDoS. I'm surprised he took a plea deal, I would have fought it on appeal, the punishment does not befit the crime.
get a 15 year old canadian to do it next time. no jail time due to Youth Offenders Act of 1984
Lol
It doesn't matter to the legal system that Scientology is crazy. This kid committed a crime... too damn bad if it came back and bit him in the ass.
If Anonymous has a problem with Scientology, they should do something smart instead of DDoS and giving the Church of Scientology positive press.