Tag: metropolitan police

  • 18 months for member of m00p gang

    Hacker receives prison sentence. A Scottish man who pleaded guilty last month to ‘causing unauthorized modification to the content of computers’ as part of his involvement in the m00p hacking group has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Today’s sentencing was the culmination of a joint operation between the UK’s Metropolitan Police and Finnish…

  • Success in anti-botnet operation

    VB Seminar speaker describes how m00p gang member exploited computer users. A Scottish man pleaded guilty last month to ‘causing unauthorized modification to the content of computers’ as part of his involvement in the m00p hacking group. The case was the culmination of a joint operation between the UK’s Metropolitan Police and Finnish authorities who…