WICHITA—A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years’ federal probation and ordered to pay $183,000 in restitution for taking part in a cyber attack on Koch Industries in Wichita that was sponsored by a group known as Anonymous, United States Attorney Barr Grissom said today. Eric J Rosol, 38, Black Creek, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of accessing a protected computer. In his plea, he admitted that on February 28, 2011, he took part in a denial of service attack on a web page of Koch Industries—Kochind.com. From Wisconsin, he used software called a Low Orbit Ion Cannon Code, which was loaded on his computer.
He took part in the attack for approximately one minute. The attack, which was organized by a computer hacking group known as Anonymous, caused Kochind.com to go offline for approximately 15 minutes. Koch Industries had hired a consulting group to protect its websites at a cost of approximately $183,000. Grissom commended the FBI and Assistant United States Attorney Alan Metzger for their work on the case.
Reported by: FBI
Published on: 2013-12-02
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