Man Pleads Guilty to Computer Attacks
From Associated Press
A man pleaded guilty to infecting about 20,000 computers with a worm and using them to launch denial-of-service attacks against EBay Inc. and other online businesses in 2003.
Anthony Scott Clark, 21, of Beaverton, Ore., entered the plea this week in U.S. District Court in San Jose. He faces 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, three years’ probation and other penalties, prosecutors said.
