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The New York man behind a 2014 data dump site exposed.su has been sentenced to a year in prison, plus 12 months for time already served, for doxing high-profile figures including First Lady Michelle Obama, Presidential candidate Donald Trump, and artist Jay Z, and placing dozens of highly-dangerous swatting calls. Mir Islam, …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    One year, seriously?

    If he has mental issues, as claimed, then he needs treatment not incarceration.

    If not, one year is nowhere near enough for what he did.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: One year, seriously?

      May I suggest... treatment AND incarceration?

      Mental deficiencies certainly contribute to criminal behavior, but do you honestly believe that prescription pills and monthly admonishment sessions will put a stop to it?

  2. Jamie Jones Silver badge
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    “The crimes committed by this defendant violated the privacy of dozens of people, fostered identity theft, and endangered the safety of many others,” US Attorney Channey Phillips says.

    "Further more, that's our job" - NSA/GCHQ

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    gotta admire his work ethic

  4. Aodhhan
    FAIL

    Yet another

    C'mon Pauli. Yet another horribly written column. He was sentenced to TWO years, but given one year credit for time served.

    The major crime with this as addressed in court and documents is SWATTING, and should have been the main subject.

    Given this is the first time a sentence was handed out for SWATTING, it sets a precedence from which to work from. Again, this should have been a higher profile event in your column.

    Please stop. You can't do technical and you can't do legal.

  5. earl grey
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    multiple psychological disorders

    Oh, boo hoo. One year for each swatting call should be sufficient. Lets him and other miscreants know that it's not "victimless" and endangers everyone involved. As someone famously said: "You dumbass!"

  6. Alan Brown Silver badge

    SWATting == attempted murder

    2 years seems rather low.

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