

US Attorney Nick Brown said in a release that he was “very disappointed” in the sentencing, commenting that “this is not what justice looks like”.


At the trial, she was found guilty of five counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, damaging a protected computer and wire fraud. During the hacks, Thompson stole data and computer power. The sentencing was related to her hacks into a number of cloud accounts for both individuals and companies, including the bank Capital One. Thompson’s location and personal computer will also be monitored. Paige Thompson, a former Amazon software engineer known by the online handle ‘erratic’ was sentenced to time served and five years’ probation for seven federal crimes.
