News Burst: Hacker Justin Petersen Sentenced
News Notorious hacker and self-proclaimed FBI informant Justin Tanner Petersen has pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release from prison. Wilson sentenced Petersen to a term of five months incarceration.
[January 13, 1999, 10:33]
Hacker Mitnick Testifies Before Senate
News And then at that time that I wasn't engaging in that behaviour, the Department of Justice, specifically the FBI, sent this informant [hacker Justin Petersen] to target me. In 20 years of hacking, Kevin Mitnick says he only once failed to penetrate...
[March 3, 2000, 9:25]
Schindler Heads Toward Life Post-Mitnick
News Schindler then went on to handle the cases of hackers such as Mitnick, sentenced to 46 months in prison for stealing code from tech companies including Sun Microsystems Inc.and Justin Petersen, sentenced to 41 months for conspiring to wire $150...
[October 4, 1999, 8:59]
US Report: Fugitive Hacker Surfaces On The Web
News Late yesterday, a Web site purporting to belong to the former hacker posted a statement in which Petersen implied that he was currently outside the United States -- and doubted that he would testify at the upcoming trial of imprisoned hacker Kevin...
[November 13, 1998, 8:49]
US Report: Fugitive Hacker Nabbed By FBI
News Petersen was arrested in a modest apartment building in Studio City, California, which he had been sharing with three other people. When they entered, the Marshals said, they found Petersen alone -- sitting on his bed and using his laptop computer.
[December 14, 1998, 9:42]
