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PayPal hacker escapes jail sentence due to age

article published on 4 February, 2013

Teenager lucky to escape jail sentence. Jake Birchall (or Fennic) was 16 years old when the Operation Payback actions were taken in 2010, reportedly in response to PayPal's refuse to process Wikileaks donations. Two others involved in the attack were jailed for their part, while another received a suspended sentence. Due to Birchall being underage at the time of the attacks, judge ... [ read the full article ]

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stuntman_
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_ 		4. February 2013 @ 17:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
haha this is awesome, good for him! I wish I could do stuff like that at age 16 and get away with it
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xnonsuchx
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_ 		5. February 2013 @ 07:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
60 hours of community service? That's only 1.5 weeks worth of full-time job. He shoulda gotten 500+ hours.
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PhilipCohen
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_ 		5. February 2013 @ 07:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And the ugly reality for consumers, particularly smaller payees, dealing with the clunky, unscrupulous PayPal ... http://bit.ly/UVXx53

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DADEO1
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_ 		9. February 2013 @ 11:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This should teach us all to be aware, be very aware of these vicious marauding gangs of youngsters with laptops.
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