Death Threat Hacker Who Fooled Police Is Jailed
konknaijaboy | On 04, Feb 2015
A hacker who hijacked computers to make death threats has been jailed for eight years.
Yusuke Katayama played a game of cat and mouse with the authorities, leading them to make numerous wrongful arrests.
He threatened a massacre at a comic book event, as well as to attack a school attended by the grandchildren of Japan’s Emperor Akihito.
Katayama’s campaign highlighted the difficulties the country’s police force has had in dealing with cyber crime.
“He committed the crime, and the purpose of it was [for police] to make wrongful arrests,” said presiding judge Katsunori Ohno at Tokyo District Court, adding that Katayama’s actions had been “vicious”.