Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/16/teen_hacker/
DoS for hire scam teen jailed for five years
Sports hacking
Posted in Music and Media, 16th August 2005 15:11 GMT
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A New Jersey teenager was last week sentenced to five years in youth detention for taking part in a denial of service for hire scam. Jasmine Singh, 17, pleaded guilty to two counts of computer theft over attacks on online sporting goods stores said to have cost victims $1.5m. Judge Frederick DeVesa in Superior Court, New Brunswick also ordered Singh to pay $35,000 compensation.
Singh used networks of compromised machines to take out targeted websites at the alleged behest of Jason Arabo, 18, of Southfield, Michigan, who ran (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--computerattacks0812aug12,0,6797542.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey) competing web sites called customleader.com and www.jerseydomain.com which specialised in selling retro sporting apparel. The main targets of the attack were Jersey-Joe.com and Atlanta-based Distant Replays though other etailers were also said to be affected. Charges against Arabo remain (http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005508130370) pending. ®