Hacktivist Sentenced to 20 Months of Prison in UK

Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky of the Yemen Cyber Army has been accused of hacking into and defacing many websites as part of hacktivist campaigns.

A 26-year-old man from South Yorkshire has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for cybercriminal activities, including hacktivist attacks and possession of user data, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced.

The man is Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky. The NCA identified him based on intelligence provided by law enforcement in the United States as part of an investigation into hacktivist attacks conducted by the groups named Spider Team and Yemen Cyber Army, which authorities described as “extremist hacker groups”.

Al-Mashriky was linked by investigators to the Yemen Cyber Army based on social media and email accounts. An analysis of his devices showed that he was responsible for attacks targeting organizations in North America, Yemen, and Israel.

The Yemen Cyber Army mostly defaced websites with political and ideological messages ...