Australian Anonymous hackers could face 10 years in prison
Hackers involved in launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on parliamentary websites in February could face maximum penalties of 10 years imprisonment, the Federal Police has warned.
So far, two hackers have been linked to the two-day long attacks, which were orchestrated by the online 'Anonymous' community to protest the Labor Government's mandatory ISP filtering proposal.
A Federal Police spokesman would not disclose its methods, saying only that its High Tech Crime Investigations unit "proactively investigates individuals or groups seeking to commit serious computer intrusion offences or denial of service attacks". The unit worked "very closely" with Australian and international law enforcement counterparts, she told iTnews.
