Arizona Man Gets Jail, Fine for DDoS Attack that Crippled 911 in Madison

Arizona’s self-named “Bitcoin Baron” got 20 months in prison for directing 2015 distributed denial of service attacks at computer networks of Madison, Wisconsin, DOJ said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes in Arizona also sentenced 23-year-old Randall Tucker to pay more than $69,000 in restitution to victims, the department said. Tucker pleaded guilty April 17 to one count of intentional damage to a protected computer, admitting to executing DDoS attacks against Madison and other city websites, DOJ said. “The attack crippled [Madison’s] Internet-connected emergency communication system, causing delays and outages in the ability of emergency responders to connect to the 911 center and degrading the system used to automatically dispatch the closest unit."