Hackers to do jail time
2005-10-07 19:22
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Newcastle - Two hackers who helped spread a global computer virus were sentenced on Friday to three and six months in jail.
The computer worm didn't cause any damage after it was distributed worldwide, but the judge in the case said it could have created widespread destruction.
"You demonstrated that two young lads could infect a large number of computers with a worm that was potentially very dangerous," Judge Beatrice Bolton said in handing down the sentences at Newcastle Crown Court in northern England.
She sentenced Andrew Harvey, 24, to serve six months. Jordan Bradley, 22, received a three-month sentence.
Both had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause unauthorised modification of computers between December 31, 2001, and February 7, 2003.
They were arrested at their homes in 2003 following a joint investigation by specialist high-tech crime officers in Britain and the US.
They were accused of being part of an international hacking group calling itself THr34t-Krew.
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