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Daybreak Game Company CEO John Smedley has lashed out at a hacker after the Lizard Squad member was convicted on 50,700 hacking chargers.
The Daily Dot reports that Julius ‘zeekill’ Kivimaki, 17, was given a two-year suspended prison sentence, and his web activities will now be monitored. The charges had been related to data breaches, felony payment fraud and various other counts.
The hacker is believed to have been part of the DDoS attacks that took Xbox Live and PSN offline during the Christmas period.
Though Kivimaki will not be going to prison, Smedley celebrated the verdict on Twitter, claiming it was the Lizard Squard member who brought his plane down in August last year after issuing a bomb threat.
The hacker will not be facing any jail time at present, but Smedley has threatened to take his parents to court.
that was the piece of garbage that brought my plane down, leaked my information and did all kinds of other crap to me.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
It's important to note – he was convicted of crimes that had nothing to do YET with the PSN DDOS over Christmas (yes he was part of that)
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
and he still has 15 other criminal cases awaiting prosecution in Finland. I may go after his parents in Civil court too. Little dirtbag
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
so stay tuned because @what_security – Here's his Twitter address. He's a sociopath and will get what's coming to him.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
The FBI nailed this guy literally immediately. It took the Finnish government a long time to catch up.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
I got to talk to this dirtbag once when he called and pretended to be someone else.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
I also got to listen to the entire conversation between him and American Airlines the day he called in the bomb threat.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
His parents need to be held accountable for his actions in addition to his going to jail. @what_security – So I'm coming for you Julius.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
