14 DAY TRIAL // 23-year-old Todd Miller of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced to one year of house arrest and three years probation for his role in attacks against Sony’s PlayStation Network.
The sentence could have been much higher, but back in 2011, after the FBI paid him a visit, Miller took out the hard drives from his computers and smashed the devices before agents returned with a warrant, The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Without the equipment, Miller – who only has a ninth-grade education – and another Columbus man escaped being prosecuted for hacking.
Since there isn’t any evidence to link him to the cyberattacks, and since Miller has a full-time job and some stability in his life, the judge didn’t see any reason to sentence him to prison. He did however order him to get his high school equivalence certificate.
Miller was allegedly part of the KCUF hacker group, which launched several attacks against Sony’s systems starting with 2008.