This 17-year-old hacker known online as “Dshocker” has pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud, one count of interstate threats, and no less than four counts of wire fraud. He agreed to a sentence of 11 months of incarceration in a juvenile detention center. Because the law protects the identity of juvenile offenders, the authorities only referred to the young cyber-troublemaker.
He also added other attack techniques to his arsenal, like a practice called swatting. Swatting is a new twist on the older illegal practice of reporting fake crimes to emergency services. It involves spoofing the phone number through various means, and calling in serious incidents that would prompt the authorities to send special intervention teams, such as S.W.A.T. According to the prosecutors, Dshocker made several such calls, spoofing the phone numbers of his victims located in other states, like Seattle or Georgia. His fake reports prompted armed law enforcement teams to show up at those locations.
This hacker also is responsible for using stolen credit card details to purchase various merchandise from the Internet. He has also modified his networking equipment in order to get free Internet access from his ISP with the help of stolen, unlicensed high-end software. What an amazing man!
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