Paras Jha Fanwood, Josiah White, Dalton Norman and Josiah Norman were sentenced to five years probation, 2,500 hours of community service and $127,000 in restitution. The three men are accused of writing and using Mirais a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to knock Web sites offline. Mirai enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things devices like security cameras, digital video recorders and routers for use in large-scale online attacks.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/mirai-botnet-authors-avoid-jail-time/