Hacked Off!

The teenager who hacked PlayStation and Xbox Network has been convicted of 50,700 offences.

18:38 09 July 2015

A teenager, who played a huge role in ruining Christmas for millions of children after shutting down the Playstation and Xbox networks, has been convicted of 50,700 offences. However, the 17-year-old was only given a two-year suspended sentenced by a court in Finland and ordered to fight cybercrime as part of his rehabilitation. 

 

The convicted hacker is part of the Lizard Squad network that has taken credit for major hacking attacks over the last few years. The group’s attack on PlayStation and Xbox saw the console’s online gaming networks knocked offline for several days in late December. 

 

The teenager, named only as Zeekil, was also implicated in an online harassment campaign against a 20-year-old, was found guilty of tampering with servers at MIT and Harvard University, as well as money laundering. 

 

Many were surprised with the sentence’s leniency.  

 

One tweet read: "Zeekill got a suspended sentence for 2 years. 0 time spent in prison."Another said: "Basically he'll be monitored for 2 years by the local police. Gotta love Finland :)."A final message read: "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."