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Scott Dennis Sentenced: DDoS Attacks on New York District Court

Calendar Feb 02, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A former network administrator for the US District Court in Alaska has been sentenced for launching a series of denial-of-service attacks against a New York District Court Web site. According to information released today by the FBI, Anchorage resident Scott . . . A former network administrator for the US District Court in Alaska has been sentenced for launching a series of denial-of-service attacks against a New York District Court Web site. According to information released today by the FBI, Anchorage resident Scott Dennis was sentenced Jan. 19 to three months in jail for launching three denial-of-service attacks against the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Prosecutors alleged Dennis launched the attacks because he was distraught over plans to allow more users into a restricted e-mail list server, and that he purposely overwhelmed the Eastern District's server with e-mail messages to prove it was vulnerable to outside attacks.

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