David Bowermaster, Seattle Times reports that Botnet Master Christopher Maxwell was sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Marsha Pechman, federal court in Seattle.
Maxwell pleaded guilty in May to one count of conspiracy to intentionally damage a protected computer and one count of intentional computer damage that interferes with medical treatment.
He must pay restitution of $114,000 to Northwest Hospital and restitution of $138,000 to the Department of Defense.
According to investigators, over a two-week period in February 2005, Maxwell’s botnet attacked more than 441,000 computers. Ouch.
