Jeanson James Ancheta

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subject_name = Jeanson James Ancheta


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date_of_birth = birth year and age|1986
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alias = Gobo
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conviction = Pleaded guilty to four felony charges
penalty = 60 months in prison
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children =On May 09, 2006, Jeanson James Ancheta (born 1986 in Downey, California) became the first person to be charged for controlling large numbers of hijacked computers or botnets.cite web |date=Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 09:48 GMT|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4642566.stm|title = American owns up to hijacking PCs|format = HTML |publisher = BBC News| accessdate = 2008-09-26 | last= |quote=] cite web |date=January 24, 2006|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article718776.ece|title = Hacker pleads guilty to building 'botnet' army|format = HTML |publisher = Times Online| accessdate = 2008-09-26 | last=By Holden Frith and AP |quote=In the first case of its kind, Jeanson James Ancheta, of Downey, California, pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court to four charges, including infecting machines at the China Lake Naval Air Facility in California and the Defence Information System Agency, in Falls Church, Virginia.]

Biography

Ancheta was going to Downey High School in California until 2001 when he dropped out of school.cite web |date=4/23/2006 10:25 PM ET|url = http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/infotheft/2006-04-23-bot-herders_x.htm|title = Malicious-software spreaders get sneakier, more prevalent|format = HTML |publisher = usatoday| accessdate = 2008-09-26 | last=Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz |quote=] He later entered an alternative program for students with academic or behavioral problems. He worked at an Internet cafe and according to his family wanted to join the military reserves. Around June 2004 he started to work with Botnets after discovering rxbot, a common computer worm that could spread his net of infected computers.

Botnets

Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or "bots", that run autonomously and automatically, often for malicious purposes. Hackers have for some time utilized Botnets for various purposes, but Ancheta set himself above the crowd by actively advertising his network of bots on Internet chat channels.cite web |date=Jan 23 06:25 PM US/Eastern|url = http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8FALFU05&show_article=1|title = Calif. Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Hacking|format = HTML |publisher = Associated Press| accessdate = 2008-09-26 | last=DAN GOODIN |quote=]

A Web site Ancheta ran included a range of prices he charged people who wanted to rent out the machines, along with guidelines on how many bots were required to bring down a particular type of Web site.

Arrest and sentence

In November 2005 he was captured in an elaborate sting operation when FBI agents lured him to their local office on the pretext of collecting computer equipment.cite web |date=2005-11-04|url = http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2145579/fbi-arrest-botnet-master|title = FBI sting nets botnet hacker|format = HTML |publisher = vnunet.com| accessdate = 2008-09-26 | last=Iain Thomson |quote=] The arrest was part of the FBI Operation Bot Roast.cite web |date=13th June 2007 22:45 GMT|url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/13/millionth_botnet_address/|title = FBI logs its millionth zombie address|format = HTML |publisher = the register| accessdate = 2008-09-26 | last=Dan Goodin |quote=]

On May 09, 2006 Ancheta pleaded guilty to four felony charges of violating United States Code Section 1030, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers, specifically subsections (a)(5)(A)(i), 1030 (a)(5)(B)(i), and 1030(b).cite web |date=January 27, 2006|url = http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-6427016-1.html|title = Cybercrime does pay; here's how|format = HTML |publisher = CNET Reviews| accessdate = 2008-09-11 | last=Robert Vamosi |quote=] . Ancheta must serve 60 months in prison, forfeit a 1993 BMW and more than $58,000 in profit. He must also pay restitution of $15,000 US to the U.S. federal government for infecting the military computers.cite web |date=January 23, 2006|url = http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Zombie_master_pleads_guilty.asp|title = Zombie master Jeanson Ancheta pleads guilty|format = HTML |publisher = spamdailynews| accessdate = 2008-09-11 | last= |quote=]

ee also

*List of convicted computer criminals

References

External links

* [http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/anchetaArrest.htm US Department of Justice bio]