WICHITA, KAN. – A Larned man was sentenced today to 27
months in federal prison for causing a series of denial of service attacks on a
Kansas internet service provider, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
In April, a jury convicted Michael D. Golightley, 35,
Larned, Kan., on seven counts of damaging a protected computer and one count of
threatening to damage a protected computer.
During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Golightley
contacted an entity called DDosCity to arrange for a series of attacks on
Nex-Tech’s computers.
Nex-Tech is an internet service provider with offices in
Hays, Lenora, Beloit, Concordia, Courtland, Dodge City, Downs, Great Bend, Hill
City, Hoxie, McPherson, Norton, Osborne, Phillipsburg, Plainville, Quinter,
Russell, Salina, Smith Center, Stockton and WaKeeney.
Prosecutors presented evidence that on March 30 and 31,
2017, Nex-Tech was hit by three denial of service attacks that overloaded the
company’s servers.
Before the attacks, Golightley sent Nex-Tech two threats. He
was angry about the company removing an ad he placed on Nex-Tech Classifieds
for a PlayStation 3 game that been “jail broken,” or modified to bypass a
system security check. Golightley placed the ad a second time and sent Nex-Tech
a warning that he would “violate this site by bringing it offline” if the ad
were removed again. He added: “If u make me upset, I will retaliate -- your
choice.”
McAllister commended the FBI, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan
Metzger and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan McCarty for their work on the case.
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