Hacking the Church of Scientology: Anonymous member pleads guilty

The US State Attorney celebrates this rare occasion - that they get one of these guys - in its own press release:

"Dmitriy Guzner, 18, of Verona, New Jersey, has agreed to plead guilty to computer hacking for his role in the distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against the Scientology websites. A DDOS attack occurs where a large amount of malicious Internet traffic is directed at a website or a set of websites. The target websites are unable to handle the high volume of Internet traffic and therefore become unavailable to legitimate users trying to reach the sites.

According to the criminal information filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles, Guzner participated in the attack because he considered himself a member of an underground group called "Anonymous." "Anonymous" has led protests against the Church of Scientology at various locations across the country, and in January 2008 posted a video on YouTube which announced a new offensive against Scientology."

Wired Magazine additionally knows that "Dmitriy Guzner ... faces a likely sentence of 12 to 18 months in prison based on stipulations in his plea agreement, which also obliges him to pay $37,500 in restitution."

Unconfirmed but stated by The Smoking Gun is that Scientology claimed a damage of around $70,000 causes by the January 2008 DDOS attacks. Who will pay the other half?

Resources:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/pressroom/pr2008/140.html http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/anonymous-membe.html
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1017081guzner1.html