Well, I guess it was worth sacrificing our privacy and submitting to mass surveillance after all. At least they caught the water meter guy.
"Briton faces court over Deutsche Telekom cyber attack A British man admitted in a German court Friday to staging a large-scale cyber attack on Deutsche Telekom last year, saying he was acting for a Liberian client... [T]he attack ...knocked more than a million German households offline in November and added his motivation was money. German police said the goal was to infect users' computers with a "botnet"—a network of web-connected machines that can be manipulated with malware and used to attack other online targets. The Briton told the court he was paid $10,000 (about 8,500 euros) by a Liberian telecom company which wanted to use the botnet to damage a rival company. The verdict was expected on Friday, July 28. If found guilty, he faces up to 10 years' jail in Germany..." https://phys.org/news/2017-07-briton-court-deutsche-telekom-cyber.html
"Rehab camp aims to put young cyber-crooks on right track Teenagers caught carrying out hacking and cyber-attacks could soon be attending a rehab camp that aims to divert them away from a life of crime. The first weekend camp for offenders was held in Bristol this month as part of the National Crime Agency's (NCA) work with young computer criminals..." http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40629887
"Hacker who harassed leaders from CIA and FBI is sentenced to 5 years in prison An aspiring hacker who harassed the CIA director and the national intelligence director, among others, in 2015 was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison. Justin Liverman, 23, was part of a collective dubbed “Crackas With Attitude” that exposed the private online accounts of several top law enforcement officials, including then-CIA chief John Brennan and James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence at the time..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...c249ce-9405-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html Thinking he should have plead insanity.
"Russian cyber hacker pleads guilty in identity theft case LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 33-year-old Russian cybercriminal has pleaded guilty in Atlanta to selling stolen personal information through a $50 million identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as 'carder.su.' ...already is serving 27 years for wire fraud and computer hacking convictions...He could get up to 24 more years in federal prison..." https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/sep/11/russian-cyber-hacker-pleads-guilty-in-identity-the/
