Barrett Brown Spokesman For Anonymous Hacktivist Receives A 63 Month Sentence In Federal Prison Must Pay Almost A Million Dollars In Restitution

The government’s charges against Barrett Brown stemmed from his relationship with sources close to the hacker group Anonymous, and even the fact that Brown published a link of publicly-available (yes I said “publicly” available) copies of leaked Stratfor documents. Brown read a statement to the court during the sentencing hearing. Which can be found in its entirety here. In his statement following the judge’s ruling, Brown said.