Posted AT 1:03 PM EDT on 28/08/06
Man sentenced for 'botnet' attack
SEATTLE — A man was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for launching a computer attack that hit tens of thousands of computers, including some belonging to the U.S. Department of Defence, a Seattle hospital and a California school district.
Christopher Maxwell, 21, of Vacaville, Calif., was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
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