[FYI] Leader of `Virii' Hacker Group Sentenced

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                     Leader of `Virii' Hacker Group Sentenced 
                     to Year in Prison (1/15) 

                     ROSS KERBER 
                     c.1999 The Boston Globe

                     BOSTON -- A Rhode Island man was sentenced
                     Thursday to a year and a day in prison after
                     admitting that he led a nationwide
                     computer-hacking group known as the ``Virii.'' 

                     But at a sentencing hearing Thursday in US
                     District Court, Judge Patti Saris questioned
                     whether the Internet service disruptions and
                     other damages caused by 21-year-old Sean Trifero
                     added up to as much as $67,500, as prosecutors
                     claimed. 

                     Saris also rejected a request by prosecutors that
                     Trifero continue to be banned from the Internet,
                     a setback to the government's contentions that
                     the group he led threatened national security
                     interests. 

                     [...]

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