After a hoax hostage call, several DDoS attacks on a French government office, and against Minecraft developer Mojang, a French gamer has finally been sentenced.
On November 13, 2020, the then 22-year-old Yanni Ouahioune falsely reported to police that hostages had been taken within the Ubisoft Montreal offices. Employees were forced to take refuge in barricaded rooms and on the building's roof as a police tactical unit arrived in armored vehicles to evacuate the building. Police only realized the call was fake after thousands of workers had been evacuated.
