Student criminal busted in bot probe

sjb007 · 10-23-2008, 11:52 AM

A 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania student has been sentenced to three months in prison and probation time, following a worldwide botnet computer bust.

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Ryan Goldstein had been facing as much as five years in prison on a computer fraud charge after he was rounded up as part of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's Operation Bot Roast II.

In addition to the 90-day prison sentence, Goldstein, will also serve 90 days in a halfway house upon his release, followed by 180 days of home confinement. He will be on probation for five years, according to Michael Levy, chief of computer crimes with the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

He was also fined $30,000 (£18,000) and must pay $6,100 in restitution to the University of Pennsylvania, which was affected by an online distributed denial of service attack Goldstein helped orchestrate in February 2006.

Things could have been worse for the Ivy Leaguer, who cooperated with authorities. According to Levy, there was child pornography on Goldstein's computer, but he was not charged in connection with this.

Full article here - http://www.techworld.com/news/index....&NewsID=106026

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sjb007 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 2,087 OS: Vista Premium 64x My System	Student criminal busted in bot probe A 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania student has been sentenced to three months in prison and probation time, following a worldwide botnet computer bust. Advertisement Ryan Goldstein had been facing as much as five years in prison on a computer fraud charge after he was rounded up as part of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's Operation Bot Roast II. In addition to the 90-day prison sentence, Goldstein, will also serve 90 days in a halfway house upon his release, followed by 180 days of home confinement. He will be on probation for five years, according to Michael Levy, chief of computer crimes with the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was also fined $30,000 (£18,000) and must pay $6,100 in restitution to the University of Pennsylvania, which was affected by an online distributed denial of service attack Goldstein helped orchestrate in February 2006. Things could have been worse for the Ivy Leaguer, who cooperated with authorities. According to Levy, there was child pornography on Goldstein's computer, but he was not charged in connection with this. Full article here - http://www.techworld.com/news/index....&NewsID=106026 __________________ Better to die than be a coward - The Gurkha Motto The Gurkha Justice Campaign If we have helped you then please consider donating