“Bot Herder” Slapped With Federal Prison Sentence
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 6, 2009
A former computer security consultant was sentenced Wednesday to four years in federal prison for fraud stemming from his involvement with a cyber-crime ring that used botnets to infect an estimated 250,000 computers. He has also been ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution to companies defrauded by the scheme. million in fines.
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