Senate Staffer Doxing Rep. Gets 4 Years

[Kathianne]

A bit of good news:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...g-case-1370529

Ex-Hassan aide sentenced to 4 years for doxing senators

By JOSH GERSTEIN
06/19/2019 01:48 PM EDT
Updated 06/19/2019 06:37 PM EDT


A former aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday for hacking Senate computers and releasing personal information online about five Republican senators out of anger spurred by their roles in the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan said the sentence for Jackson Cosko, 27, was needed to send a signal that criminal harassment driven by political motives would be punished severely in an era marked by extreme political polarization.


“We have…a society that has become very vicious,” Hogan said. “It’s very concerning to the court and unfortunate that you played into that.”
In April, Cosko pleaded guilty to five felonies, admitting that after being fired last year from his work as a systems administrator on Hassan’s staff, he repeatedly used a colleague’s key to enter the office, install keylogging equipment that stole work and personal email passwords, and downloaded a massive trove of data from Senate systems.
Cosko also acknowledged that after growing angry about the GOP’s handling of the Supreme Court nomination, he released home addresses and phone numbers of Sens. Lindsry Graham, Orrin Hatch, and Mike Lee on Wikipedia. After initial press coverage of that doxing, Cosko released information about Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul.

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[jimnyc]

Good! This kind of shit shouldn't be tolerated. And all because of politics, and not caring for a nomination.

[Gunny]

A bit of good news:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...g-case-1370529

IMO, 4 years is getting off light. I have to weight that against the miracle of any punishment at all. Guess it'll have to do

[Elessar]

Prosecution should pushed for more heavy jail time.

That kind of crap should not be let off lightly.

[STTAB]

At what point will Congress say "you know , when a staffer has been fired from one office for violating the law or even just policies, perhaps they should be ineligible to be hired by another office"