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Syrian Electronic Army Hacker Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Fake Tweet Market Manipulation
Ahmad Umar Agha, a Syrian Electronic Army hacker known online as Th3Pr0, was sentenced by a U.S. federal court to 42 months in prison for his role in a hacking conspiracy that targeted Western news outlets. The conspiracy, organized and led by members of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle, included the creation of a fake tweet that triggered a significant market drop. Agha was also ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution and three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
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