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Iowa Man Sentenced for Taking Part in Anonymous Attack Against Koch Subsidiary

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Feb
2014

24-year-old Jacob Allen Wilkens of Postville, Iowa, has been sentenced to 24 months’ probation for participating in the attack launched by Anonymous against Angel Soft, a subsidiary of Koch Industries. He has also been ordered to pay $110,932.71 (80,919.64) in restitution.

Wilkens has admitted launching distribute denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the website of bathroom tissue company Angel Soft in February and March 2011. The web server that hosts the website is loc…

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