A 21-year-old Illinois man was sentenced last week to 13 months in prison for running multiple DDoS-for-hire services that launched millions of attacks over several years. Sergiy P. Usatyuk pleaded guilty in February to one count of conspiracy to cause damage to Internet-connected computers. In February 2014, KrebsOnSecurity interviewed both the defendant and his father and urged the latter to take a more active interest in his sons online activities. The sentencing comes more than five years after this article.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/11/ddos-for-hire-boss-gets-13-months-jail-time/