Also receives $20 million fine.
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Denies liability after EU Commission hands €1.6 million bill.
Illegal Return Policy Gets Sony A Multi-Million Fine
SOE DDOS’er Gets 27 Months In Prison, $95 Thousand Fine
Another Sony Online Entertainment hacker is going to prison after entering a plea deal with prosecutors. Austin Thompson of Utah pleaded guilty to his part in a denial of service attack on Sony Online Entertainment’s servers as well as other victims between 2013 and 2014. Thompson, for those who recall, headed the hacker group Derp Trolling, and took down a number of services for hours at a time, boasting about his deeds on Twitter for the world to see.
Thompson faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine under 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A), Damage to a Protected Computer.
“Thompson typically used the Twitter account @DerpTrolling to announce that an attack was imminent and then posted “scalps” (screenshots or other photos showing that victims’ servers had been taken down) after the attack. The attacks took down game servers and related computers around the world, often for hours at a time. According to the plea agreement, Thompson’s actions caused at least $95,000 in damages.”
The $95,000 fine will be paid to Daybreak Game Company, formerly Sony Online Entertainment.
Source: Justice.gov
Less Massive: Google Pays $19 Million Over Apps
Google has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay $19 million in refunds for apps and in-app purchases made by children since 2011 when in-app purchases were first introduced to the service. The Federal Trade Commission most notably took issue with the premise that Google didn’t do enough to protect customers from unauthorized purchases on their device, including lack of proper authentication.
The FTC and European Commission have been taking Google, Apple, and Amazon to task over deceptive practices involving in-app purchases on their respective devices, with fines and (for Google) orders to remove the deceptive “free” tag on games. Earlier this month, Facebook games were banned in South Korea under anti-gambling laws until a government agency could individually review the titles.
(Source: Eurogamer)
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