Canadian teen who harassed female League of Legend players jailed

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As a Finnish court failed to jail a teen hacker convicted of 50,700 charges related to computer crime, a 17-year-old who terrorised female League of Legends players has been given 16 months by a Canadian court.
Earlier this year a court heard how the teen, who is linked to hacker group Lizard Squad, would contact girls via League of Legends or Twitter, then set to work harassing them if they declined his friend requests. He blamed his actions on boredom.
A frequent tactic of his was to phone a victim's local police force and state that he was holding the girl's family hostage, or that he had killed someone in the house.
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