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Lizard Squad member found guilty in court

Finnish hacker gets two-year suspended sentence.
Christian Gaca 8 July 2015

A Finnish member of hacking group Lizard Squad, the folks responsible for recent bout of attacks on the Playstation Network, Xbox Live and gaming sites over the past year, has been found guilty in Finland of charges "related to computer crimes".

This is as has been reported by Finnish media Kaleva. Now 17-year old Julius "zeekill" Kivimaki has been given a two-year suspended sentence and has been "ordered to fight against cybercrime" in some capacity, although how he's expected to do so isn't really explained.

Despite the sentencing, Lizard Squad seem unperturbed, saying on Twitter: "All the people that said we would rot in prison don't want to comprehend what we've been saying since the beginning, we have free passes."

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