Xbox Live, PlayStation Network holiday cyberattacker convicted of 50K criminal charges

If you were unable to enjoy your online video games on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One during late December, well you should know that the Finnish government just exacted a bit of revenge on your behalf.

One of the kids that claimed responsibility for taking down PlaySation Network and Xbox Live during the Christmas holiday was found guilty in Finland of more than 50,000 counts of Internet-related crimes, according to the Finnish newspaper Kaleva (via Daily Dot). A court in that country sentenced Julius “Zeekill” Kivimaki, who said he was a member of the Lizard Squad cyberattack group, to a two-year suspended sentence. This means he will not go to prison, but he will face that jail time if he commits any further crimes. He will also have to help “fight against” cybercrime.