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PowerSchool Hacker ‘Thankful I Got Caught,’ Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison
Computer hacker and former college student Matthew Lane — who was a teenager when he carried out a massive cyberattack on education technology company PowerSchool — was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $14 million in restitution.
Lane, a former Assumption University freshman who federal prosecutors described as a sophisticated and experienced cybercriminal, told a federal judge that his crimes occurred during an “extremely dark time in my life,” but acknowledged, “I deserve to be punished.” In June, Lane pleaded guilty to what is widely considered the largest exposure of private student data in history, a breach that compromised the sensitive information of some 60 million students and 10 million educators.
Sterling man sentenced to 4 years in prison for hacking, ransom scheme
WORCESTER ― A federal judge Oct. 14 handed down a sentence of a total of four years in prison to Matthew D. Lane, the former Assumption University student who hacked into the computer networks of two U.S.-based companies, one of which included a database of the personal information of schoolchildren and teachers that he held for ransom.
Lane, a 20-year-old from Sterling, was also ordered to pay more than $14 million in restitution and to serve 36 months of supervised release after his prison sentence.
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