Judge Sentences Man to 15 Years in Prison for Attacking Minnesota Government Websites

Government Technology: A New Mexico man accused of paying hackers to sabotage websites affiliated with his former employers and government agencies in Minnesota, including the state's court system, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The case is one of the first of its kind in Minnesota. John K. Gammell of Las Cruces was sentenced last week in federal court in St. Paul to five years of supervised release and restitution that authorities were still trying to determine.

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