A teenager behind cyber attacks that crashed “a vast range of websites worldwide” was spared jail on Wednesday.
Josh Maunder was handed a 20-month prison sentence suspended for three years for creating a computer virus which attacked police and financial institution websites as well as a a pay-per-view celebrity boxing event.
The 19-year-old, of Abbey Park in Bangor, Co Down, had pleaded guilty to a total of 19 charges which included 13 counts of an unauthorised act impairing the operation of a computer, making an article intended to be used for computer misuse, obtaining an article to commit an offence and possessing articles in connection with fraud.
