Hacker who gave military info to ISIS gets 20 years in prison

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The Kosovo hacker who stole sensitive personal information from thousands of military members was sentenced by a U.S. judge to 20 years in prison on Friday.

U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema sentenced Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, to two decades behind bars for providing material support to the Islamic State and accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining information to provide material support to the terrorist group.

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