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| Anonymous hacker group: Two jailed for cyber attacks | |
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| Two men who carried out cyber attacks for the Anonymous hacking group have been jailed. | Two men who carried out cyber attacks for the Anonymous hacking group have been jailed. |
| Christopher Weatherhead, 22, and Ashley Rhodes, 28, were jailed for 18 months and seven months respectively at Southwark Crown Court. | Christopher Weatherhead, 22, and Ashley Rhodes, 28, were jailed for 18 months and seven months respectively at Southwark Crown Court. |
| Co-defendant Peter Gibson was given a six-month sentence, suspended for two years, while another defendant, Jake Birchall, 18, will be sentenced later. | Co-defendant Peter Gibson was given a six-month sentence, suspended for two years, while another defendant, Jake Birchall, 18, will be sentenced later. |
| Weatherhead, of Northampton, was convicted of other attacks in December. | |
| He was convicted of carrying out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, one of which cost website PayPal £3.5m. |