Todd Miller is one of the men accused of being behind the 2008 PlayStation Network hacks. Last week he was sentenced to 12 months house arrest, but hereās the thing: authorities couldnāt prove he was involved.
https://lastchance.cc/sonys-boss-wasnt-told-the-psn-had-been-hacked-in-2008-5806138%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Instead, the Columbus Dispatch reports, the sentence was handed out because Miller, having been interviewed by the FBI in 2011, went and smashed all his computers before they could return with a search warrant.
Because of this, they couldnāt prove he was involved in the hacks. So they nailed the 23 year-old with āobstructing a federal investigationā instead.
In addition to the house arrest, Miller ā who has a ninth-grade education ā was also ordered by the judge to complete a high school certificate.
Which is getting off lightly. He could have faced up to 20 years prison and a $250,000 fine.
Hacking suspect gets year of house arrest [Columbus Dispatch, via Game Politics]
Note: Um, guys, in case it wasnāt clear from the CRT monitor and the 90s keyboard, this isnāt the smashed computer in question.
