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LulzSec leader 'Sabu' was FBI informant

...agreeing to become an informant for the FBI, Monsegur faced a maximum jail term of 124 years and six months in prison. The Fox hack... Read more

6 March, 2012

Selling pirated songs online nets jail term

A New Yorker has been sentenced to six months in jail for selling hundreds of CDs full of illegally copied songs Read more

10 October, 2003 by Matt Hines

Nasa hacker lawyers push for UK jail term

...military computer systems. If found guilty he faces a maximum 60-year jail term. A protest against McKinnon's extradition has been organised for Tuesday... Read more

1 September, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Jail term for MP3 pirates predicted

Downloading MP3 using Napster or Gnutella? Ever thought what the inside of a cell looks like? Read more

16 May, 2000 by Richard Barry

News Burst: Jail term for MP3 pirates predicted

Within the next four months, a student or "other individual found downloading illegal MP3 tracks" will go to jail "as a clear signal that piracy will not be tolerated in the US" Read more

15 May, 2000 by Richard Barry

Spammer given nine years

...84 million AOL email addresses. But the judge suspended the nine-year jail term pending an appeal by Jaynes, who is currently out on $1m... Read more

11 April, 2005 by Andy McCue

Australia cracks down on offensive content

Publishing offensive content on the Internet could mean a two-year jail term under new laws being proposed in Australia Read more

21 August, 2003 by Staff

Net paedophile gets five years

Jail term for paedophile who tracked his victim online as parents ask why... Read more

24 October, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Security experts: Give 'Mafiaboy' a break

...Canadian teen arrested for the Denial-of-Service attacks serve a long jail term? No, say security specialists Read more

20 April, 2000 by Robert Lemos

French army takes aim at Apple's AirPort

...could be staring down the barrel of an £18,600 fine or jail term Read more

29 September, 1999 by Laurence Benhamou

'Kind pirate' arrested over Obama Twitter hack

...Hacker Croll will appear in court on 24 June. He faces a jail term of up to two years Read more

25 March, 2010

Digital Economy Bill gets tough on file-sharers

...would definitely not be made a criminal offence associated with a potential jail term. Timms said there was "a pretty broad measure of recognition" in... Read more

20 November, 2009 by David Meyer

Sun may have broken bribery laws

...1.3m), and a fine of up to $100,000 or a jail term of up for five years for guilty employees and directors. In... Read more

11 May, 2009 by David Meyer

CPS refuses Nasa-hacker UK prosecution

...decided not to prosecute. If extradited to the US McKinnon faces a jail term of up to seventy years -- effectively a life sentence, as he... Read more

26 February, 2009

Boris Johnson calls for Nasa hacker pardon

...current non-reciprocal extradition arrangements the UK has with the US. A jail term of up to 70 years in a "supermax" maximum security prison... Read more

27 January, 2009

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