A telescope fan sabotaged an astronomy forum. He ended up in prison (2018)

Now, someone had taken the forum offline with a denial-of-service attack, and the evidence pointed to Goodyear. A single forum post was enough to direct a temporarily devastating attack on a small business, while federal computer crime laws meant that same post could now come with life-changing consequences. He says there’s no cut-and-dried legal framework for convicting people of DDoS attacks since the crime is fairly new.

Source: www.theverge.com