Guccifer Goes to Jail

Marcel Lehel Lazar, who was extradited to the U.S. to face charges of wire fraud, unauthorized access to a protected computer, cyber stalking, aggravated identity theft and obstruction of justice, was found guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft and sentenced to 52 months.

However, he was sent back to Romania to serve out his 7 year sentence there for accessing the email accounts of politician Corina Cretu and George Maior, who at the time was the head of the country’s intelligence service.

Known online as “Guccifer,” Lazar is best known as the hacker that breached the online accounts of members of the Bush family. However, he didn't stop there. He also hacked former Secretary of State Colin Powell, journalists, actors, former members of the U.S. Cabinet and the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a former presidential advisor.

Lazar is currently being housed in the Rahova Penitentiary, the largest jail in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest. He will spend three weeks there until authorities decide where he will serve his time.

Lazar, known in Romania as "Little Fume," he was convicted of hacking into the online accounts of numerous local celebrities and was given a 3 year suspended sentence.

Source: Security Week