The NASA hacker in Cluj-Napoca received a suspended prison

On Tuesday, the Cluj Court sentenced the Hungarian hacker who gained "fame" by hacking into the IT system of the American Space Agency (NASA) to a three-year suspended prison sentence.

Róbert Butyka was sentenced to three years in prison, but the sentence was suspended for seven years. Although the verdict is not final, the judge has ruled that the 26-year-old man will be released on remand on Tuesday, meaning he will be released, a spokesman for the Cluj-Napoca court told Mediafax news agency.

A hacker from Cluj using the nickname Iceman on the World Wide Web was cracked down on November 2011, 16 by Romanian authorities, according to a NASA report. The young man is said to have caused $ 300 in damage to the U.S. Space Agency by hacking into his IT system and changing his passwords there. Removing traces of his intervention cost an additional $ 200 and took three months of work.

The Romanian papers reported as a sensation that the young man had completed only nine classes. At the defendant's request, the trial took place behind closed doors. The defense attorney said: Róbert Butyka admitted his guilt and regretted it. The hacker in Cluj-Napoca will also have to answer for his actions in a civil lawsuit in March. NASA is trying to recover half a million dollars on it.

Source: MTI