Bitcoin Thieving Darkode Botnet Hacker Sentenced
A Darkode hacker has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for illegal cybercriminal activities. The hacker, who controlled 5,000 computers as a botnet, also conspired with another individual to steal over $80,000 in bitcoin. Rory Stephen Guidry, 29, of Louisiana was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for hacking and then attempting to sell a botnet; conspiring and stealing over $80,000 in bitcoin; hacking a computer to steal over 5,000 active credit card accounts. Guidy controlled and attempted to sell a botnet of over 5,000 computers to a fellow user of the infamous....
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