COLOGNE: A British hacker-for-hire was given a suspended sentence by a German court on Friday after confessing to a cyber attack that knocked out the Internet for around one million Deutsche Telekom customers.
The 29-year old hacker, who used the online alias "Spiderman", among other names, also faces criminal charges in Britain, where authorities have requested his extradition.
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