[mothered]

Greetings to all,

This Is a good example of the fact that no matter how long ago you may have committed a computer crime, you can still be charged and sentenced under the applicable law. A Romanian hacker has found that out the hard way.

A Romanian man who adopted the moniker of an infamous Nazi doctor has been sentenced to one year in U.S. Federal prison for orchestrating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against World of Warcraft in 2010

The convicted is 38-year-old Calin Mateias, who went by the hacker name "Dr Mengele"—the name of the Nazi doctor who conducted deadly experiments on Jews, Roma, and other prisoners.

Mateias attacked European World of Warcraft servers in between February and September of 2010, usually following disputes with other players.

Source.

[Oni]

Wow, figured there were limitations. He did that practically 8 years ago.

[THE_G]

that thing actually existed 8 years ago wow!

[mothered]

Provided a crime has In fact been committed, It's nature Is Immaterial.

An analogy Is that of a murder which took place a decade ago, and the person responsible Is finally apprehended. The time-frame doesn't change the fact that the murder was committed.

[ZOM_BIES]

does this mean that the company kept hunting for this guy for 8 years?

[mothered]

does this mean that the company kept hunting for this guy for 8 years?

Once you've committed a crime you're still held accountable for your actions, regardless of when It took place.

I doubt they were "dedicatedly" on his case, probably new evidence emerged that led to his apprehension and conviction.