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title: Lizard Squad Members Charged with Conspiracy
description: The two teenagers face a maximum prison sentence of 10 years after deploying multiple DDoS attacks.
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# [Lizard Squad Members Charged with Conspiracy](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/lizard-squad-members-charged-with-conspiracy)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Mon | Oct 10, 2016 | 7:00 AM Z

The two teenagers face a maximum prison sentence of 10 years after deploying multiple DDoS attacks.

[Infosecurity Magazine Explains:](http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lizard-squad-hackerteens-arrested/)

> The two 19-year-olds, Zachary Buchta of Maryland and Bradley Han Willem Van Rooy of the Netherlands, are allegedly members of the Lizard Squad hacking group, which aims denial-of-service attacks at various victims, including gaming, entertainment and media companies, and relies on a massive network of compromised computers and devices, according to the complaint.
> 
> Game developer and publisher Blizzard Entertainment, maker of the mega-popular online game, World of Warcraft, in April [experienced a DDoS attack](http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/world-of-warcraft-shut-down-by-ddos/) that shut down a big swath of its games and servers. Lizard Squad claimed responsibility, and retweeted a post saying that an unidentified person broke into Blizzard’s employee database to lift phone numbers, emails and other sensitive information.
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> Federal authorities said that the two teens were allegedly operating cyber-attack-for-hire websites and are charged with conspiring to cause damage to protected computers. The conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

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