Biography
Ross Colby was a hacker associated with Anonymous who in 2015 broke into the content systems of several California newspapers and replaced their websites with a Guy Fawkes image linked to Anonymous and an Anonymous-style announcement. Prosecuted in federal court in the Northern District of California, he spent almost six months in federal custody, and in June 2019 he was sentenced to time served, one year of home incarceration, three years of supervised release and restitution.
Duration consistency review October 13, 2026: The stored exact day count has been cleared because this case does not have verified day-precision confinement endpoints or an independently documented exact number of days served. Existing approximate durations and sentencing descriptions are retained. No missing date has been guessed.
