According to the public prosecutors office the group related to wizardforum.nl were deploying their criminal activities for at least three years, compromising the networks of – for example – the University of Michigan, the University of Kaiserslautern and university networks in The Netherlands and Russia.

They now risk 3 months in prison if they ever do it again.

Although the judge did believe that they were all part of a criminal organization, he appreciated the fact that they had not stolen or published private data or personal details and that they did not make any money off of their ventures.

They were only using the university networks to upload and download large quantities of illegally copied movies, music and software.

Dutch language news articles:
http://www.om.nl/actueel-0/nieuws-persberichten/@156590/hackers-veroordeeld/

http://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuws-_en/@148916/vermoedelijke/
http://www.security.nl/artikel/38038/Vijf_Nederlandse_hackers_voor_de_rechter.html
http://security.nl/artikel/23050/1/Nationale_Recherche_arresteert_5_vermoedelijke_hackers.html

Previously:

Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office only aiming for probation sentences for hackers who penetrated systems of large number of universities in US and Western Europe
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2585891/eisen-4-maanden-cel-universiteitenhackers.html