Vigilante who conspired to hack local football website sentenced to 2 years

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Deric Lostutter, a self-styled online vigilante who went by the handle "KYAnonymous," has been sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in hacking a local high school football team website more than four years ago.

Lostutter initially denied his involvement. But in November 2016, he reversed himself and took a plea agreement in exchange for the prosecution dropping two of the four counts, including the hacking charge under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. (The other two counts-conspiracy and making false statements-remained.)

"Not surprised by sentence, which is a year more than one of the rapists got," Tor Ekeland, Lostutter's attorney, told Ars by text message on Wednesday. "And on par with what one of the [other] rapists got."

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