Jeremy Hammond — a member of various Anonymous offshoots — had the misfortune of being prosecuted in the United States. While his UK accomplices in the Stratfor hack were sentenced to 1-3 years, Hammond received a 10-year sentence (along with three years of supervised release) for his participation. The length of Hammond‘s sentence was mainly due to the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) being a horribly-written law (and there‘s a possibility it will get much worse in the future), and the FBI‘s willingness to toss the hacktivist under the bus for the sins of Anonymous, while glossing over the fact that it was an FBI informant (Hector Monsegur, aka Sabu) who handed out hacking targets to Hammond.