British Hacker Known As 'Spiderman' Sentenced Over Cyberattack
The 29-year-old man was given a suspended sentence of one year and eight months in an attack that reportedly knocked out Internet for nearly 1 million people in Germany in November.
A German court sentenced a 29-year-old British hacker who confessed to committing a cyberattack last November that temporarily took down Internet access for nearly 1 million German consumers, according to news reports.
The court in the city. The news service adds that the maximum sentence was 10 years; prosecutors had sought a sentence of two years.
