[mothered]

Greetings everyone,

A hacker who was hired to compromise Yahoo, namely accounts, has been sentenced to 5 years In prison. This clearly demonstrates the seriousness of unauthorized access to critical data/credentials.

The Canadian man who pled guilty last year to a massive spear-phishing operation of Yahoo employees—which ultimately resulted in 500 million accounts being compromised—has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Karim Baratov, 23, was also ordered on Tuesday by a federal judge in San Francisco to pay a $250,000 fine.

Hackers such as Baratov ply their trade without regard for the criminal objectives of the people who hire and pay them. These hackers are not minor players; they are a critical tool used by criminals to obtain and exploit personal information illegally.

In sentencing Baratov to five years in prison, the Court sent a clear message to hackers that participating in cyber attacks sponsored by nation states will result in significant consequences.

Source.

[fhalix]

He actually got a pretty good deal considering what he did.

[Vultra]

wtf. Hacker serve 5 years when a Mexican ddoser does 15. #Logic right there.

[mothered]

wtf. Hacker serve 5 years when a Mexican ddoser does 15. #Logic right there.

Agree.

Financial loss due to downtime (DDoS) and subsequent losses as a result of compromising so many accounts (as per the hacker), should be treated equally. Each have a significant negative Impact on the entities they've affected.

[Torwaldson]

It`s weird. The guy received an amazing deal in comparison with his colleagues - 5 years is a minimum. I bet he will either cooperate with the law enforcement or will be hired by any cyber security companies after his imprisonment.

[Cyb3rNuX]

Wow that's really lot accounts

I agree with all previous replies, he should be happy as it could've gone lot worse.

[Pikami]

5 years is a good deal, I have a feeling that he gave out the names of other hackers so that he could serve less time

[mothered]

I have a feeling that he gave out the names of other hackers so that he could serve less time

I certainly agree.

To benefit the police In the Identification and apprehension of all Involved, they (police) tend to cut a deal with the accused. Speak out now, serve less time later.

[Dexdeniro]

This is just crazy how you put the two together... 5 years for 500m . the justice system makes no sense.

[mothered]

This is just crazy how you put the two together... 5 years for 500m . the justice system makes no sense.

There's a lot that's taken Into account when sentences are served.

The nature of data compromised, distribution, subsequent losses and so forth. That said, I do agree with your above comment- at times the judicial system Is not well balanced between crimes and sentences of similar types.