California hacker jailed for 6 years in ‘sextortion’ case

A SOUTHERN California man was sentenced to six years in prison for infiltrating computers belonging to women and teenage girls where he found sexually explicit photos and threatened to put them online unless they provided him with more.

In sentencing Luis Mijangos, 32, of Santa Ana, US District Judge George King called the crimes a form of cyber-terrorism and warned other hackers they will meet stiff penalties for ruining lives.

“Society has to understand that if you engage in this type of behaviour, it’s no joke,” King said. “You are going to jail and going to jail for a long time.”