Biography
Deric Lostutter was a hacker affiliated with the group Anonymous who helped bring attention to the Steubenville High School rape case after it was alleged that local school officials were covering up a rape committed members of the high school football team. Lostutter made a video wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and using text-to-speech to demand the guilty parties in the case come forward and apologize to the victim and her family. The video inspired a fellow hacker and Department of Defense computer technician, Noah McHugh to hack a fan site for the high school football team where video of the sexual assault had been posted and repost Lostutter's demands on it. Lostutter was interviewed by CNN after this and soon was arrested for the hack by the FBI. Lostutter was convicted and sentenced to 2 years in jail. A more severe sentence then what was given to the 2 football players convicted of rape and 6 school officials who were indicted for the cover-up.
Dates corrected October 12, 2026: The original DOJ announcement establishes March 8, 2017 sentencing; contemporary WTVQ reporting establishes actual April 13 remand while an early-May surrender had previously been scheduled. The official BOP locator confirms DERIC LOSTUTTER, 21103-032, age 39, federal custody ended September 27, 2019. The legacy endpoints and 933-day duration were corrected. Intervening supervised-release/revocation phases remain unresolved and no uninterrupted interval is claimed.
Calculation follow-up October 13, 2026: The documented April 13, 2017 remand is separated from the latest September 27, 2019 BOP endpoint. The sources reviewed do not establish uninterrupted confinement or every intervening supervision/revocation date; no continuous 897-day interval is asserted. Sources already verified for the corrected dates: source; source; source.
