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'I'm COMING for you, DIRTBAG!': Ex-Sony chief Smedley to Kid Lizard hacker
Outraged vic wants to see zeekill back in court
John Smedley, the former head of Sony Online Entertainment, has reacted to a Lizard Squad hacker's lenient sentence with utter fury, and has suggested he may take legal action to bring him back to court.
17-year-old Julius "zeekill" Kivimaki received a two-year suspended prison sentence and will have his internet activity monitored by the cops, after pleading guilty to compromising 50,700 systems, alongside other cyber-misdeeds.
Best known for ruining Christmas for console cowboys, and singing about it, Lizard Squad's misdeeds have not been forgiven by John Smedley.
Smedley – the president of Sony Online Entertainment's new form, which was renamed Daybreak Game Company following an acquisition by Columbas Nova – has declared he is "coming for" the "little dirtbag".
Smedley took off on a long Twitter rant about the hacker, largely on personal grievances rather than other malicious activities, such as the lazy attack on Tor.
that was the piece of garbage that brought my plane down, leaked my information and did all kinds of other crap to me.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
It's important to note - he was convicted of crimes that had nothing to do YET with the PSN DDOS over Christmas (yes he was part of that)
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
and he still has 15 other criminal cases awaiting prosecution in Finland. I may go after his parents in Civil court too. Little dirtbag
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
what they won't tell you is he did time in jail already and got his ass kicked hard inside. @what_security - tell us that story Julius.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
The FBI nailed this guy literally immediately. It took the Finnish government a long time to catch up.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
I also got to listen to the entire conversation between him and American Airlines the day he called in the bomb threat.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
His parents need to be held accountable for his actions in addition to his going to jail. @what_security - So I'm coming for you Julius.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 8, 2015
Suomi rozzers cuffed Kivimaki in late 2014 and charged him with a variety of offences, including network security breaches, payment fraud, and harassment.
Daybreak has told the press it will not be commenting on Smedley's tweets, claiming that company policy is not to "discuss personal matters rearding our employees – even if that employee is the CEO". ®