The 15-year-old UG Nazi hacker known as Cosmo* or Cosmo the God was sentenced in juvenile court on Wednesday in Long Beach, California. According to Cosmo, he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in exchange for a probation, encompassing all the charges brought against him, which included charges based on credit card fraud, identity theft, bomb threats, and online impersonation.. Over the course of 2012, Cosmo and his group UG Nazi took part in many of the highest-profile hacking incidents of the year. UG Nazi, which began as a politicized group that opposed SOPA, took down a bevy of websites this year, including those for NASDAQ, CIA.gov, and UFC.com. It redirected 4Chan The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Luna the Virtuoso, a 16-year-old coder, faced trial in youth court following admissions of culpability for multiple grave offenses.. Teen Hacker, Juvenile Cybercrime, UG Nazi Hacking Group. . Dave Wreski
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