UK: Hacker jailed for eight months after attacking police, council, charity and porn websites
Liverpool Echo reports:
A jobless computer hacker was jailed today for eight months after launching a mass cyber attack on The Met Police, Tory Party and British Airways websites – from his bedroom in his parents’ house.
Ian Sullivan, 51, flooded the internet servers for police forces, councils, charities and even porn sites as part of a campaign run by an international hackers’ group called Anonymous.
Victims also included Merseyside Police , Trafford and Wirral councils and Crimestoppers during his five week spree, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
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Update: The Register reports that Sullivan’s Twitter account, now suspended, was @anonian01.