Teen Hacker Pleads Guilty to Infecting Military Computers
A young man accused of helping to bring more than 400,000 computers into a money-making botnet has pleaded guilty to the charges. Among other things, he has admitted guilt in damaging US military computers, which as we all know is a big no-no.
Known by the handle "SoBe" (yes, like the beverage) in hacker chat rooms, he appeared in US District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, pleading guilty to two counts of juvenile delinquency. Apparently, among the computers infected were those belonging to the Defense Information Security Agency as well as machines maintained by Sandia National Laboratories.
SoBe faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in custody, although as a juvenile he can't be incarcerated beyond the age of 21. His plea agreement contemplates a sentence of one year to 18 months in prison.
"I just hope this stuff lasts a while so I don't have to get a job right away," SoBe once told his hacker accomplice in an online conversation.
Looks like he'll be avoiding the workforce for awhile, anyway.
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Known by the handle "SoBe" (yes, like the beverage) in hacker chat rooms, he appeared in US District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, pleading guilty to two counts of juvenile delinquency. Apparently, among the computers infected were those belonging to the Defense Information Security Agency as well as machines maintained by Sandia National Laboratories.
SoBe faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in custody, although as a juvenile he can't be incarcerated beyond the age of 21. His plea agreement contemplates a sentence of one year to 18 months in prison.
"I just hope this stuff lasts a while so I don't have to get a job right away," SoBe once told his hacker accomplice in an online conversation.
Looks like he'll be avoiding the workforce for awhile, anyway.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe @ Feb 12th 2008 6:09PM
Put him on a chain gang,,,,, let him work for his keep.
BILLY @ Feb 13th 2008 1:19AM
HE WILL CONTINUALLY TRY TO BEAT THE SYSTEM ,UNLESS HE GETS THE MESSAGE ,NOW HOW COULD THAT BE??
BILLY @ Feb 13th 2008 1:25AM
I WONDER HOW SOON WE WILL GET HIS FIRST MESSAGE FROM WHEREVER HE IS AT ELECTRONICALLY.HE WILL WORK IT OUT, SO WATCH AND LEARN HOW THESE MINDS WORK
jerry a. Myers @ Feb 13th 2008 1:25AM
THE DHS and those who track hackers are
lght yrs behind the extreme mathematical
informational numeral equations of data
gathering. THE capacity to produce data from
all Governmental branches is undectable
if extreme use of mathematical data
equations can produce information beyond
what NASA and the D.O.D can produce. It is
not hacking if the magic of the numeral
and zero system is involved in producing
Governmental data. THE age of teen and 20
something hacking is over. THE task is far
difficult to detect if the mathematics is
light yrs beyond systematic use.
Les @ Feb 13th 2008 6:04AM
Can we put this kid to work hacking the Red Chinese computers? Or let him help us make firewalls against them. How can he be so smart we had no defense against him?
tom @ Feb 13th 2008 7:17AM
he needs to go to jail for a long,long time by hacking into military computers he put the whole country at risk.in todays world with terrorists wanting to kill pepole all over the world this sort of thing needs severe punishment regardless of a hackers age!
Paul B @ Feb 13th 2008 9:01AM
He must be white the would have found him dead if he were Black
brianzadarko @ Feb 13th 2008 11:08AM
do not jail him - trail him - and learn, make him teach the gov just how he did the hack so we can stop him and others, now and in the future from this and other hacking crimes, give him the option of work for us(for free until damage is paid) or go to jail for treason.
Nikki @ Feb 13th 2008 10:33PM
Lol, wow, what a loser.
Daniel Gaunt @ Feb 14th 2008 9:00AM
they will probably give him a job when he gets out...
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Manuel Cardenas @ Feb 17th 2008 3:08PM
If he really knew his stuff he wouldn't be in custody. Apparently those guys that were "light years" behind him weren't quite as far behind him as he thought. It seems that our laws that only allow him to be held until he's 21 years old are in need of change.
Smurfette724 @ Feb 17th 2008 5:16PM
They should hire him . . . . the gov't usually does. If he can hack and damage a large network (and secure, too), they ought to utilize him in electronic warfare or something to that effect.