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Man Sentenced to 2 Years Probation for Taking Part in Anonymous DDOS Attacks

03
Dec
2013

38-year-old Eric J. Rosol has been sentenced to two years federal probation for participating in the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack launched by Anonymous hackers against the website of Koch Industries, Kochind.com, back in February 2011.

The Wisconsin man has also been ordered to pay $183,000 (135,000) in restitution. Earlier this year, Rosol pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of accessing a protected computer.

On February 28, 2011, a la…

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