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Verona man admits role in attack on Church of Scientology's websites

Title: Verona man admits role in attack on Church of Scientology's websites
Date: Monday, 16 November 2009
Publisher: Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
Author: Nic Corbett
Main source: nj.com

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In January 2008, online hackers launched a massive attack on the Church of Scientology’s websites, forcing the church to hire computer security experts to reinstate its online presence. In the end, only one person, 19-year-old Dmitriy Guzner, of Verona, has admitted playing a role in the cyber assault. On Wednesday, three days before his 20th birthday, Guzner is expected to be sentenced by Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. in federal court in Newark. Guzner, who has pleaded guilty to "unauthorized impairment ... [Read the rest at nj.com]