Tzang added that Tenenbaum would plead not guilty at the next hearing, rescheduled for June 24. He said that he would also raise the issue of whether Tenenbaum could be tried in an Israeli court for alleged offenses against organizations abroad. He also said it was unclear if Israel had laws in place yet appropriate for judging activity over the Internet. All four alleged accomplices were born in 1979. The defendants face a maximum sentence of three years in prison if convicted.
None are in custody.
Tenenbaum has been accused of serving as the group leader and tutoring the others in unauthorized penetration of computer systems. By Zvi Harel and Agencies Infowar.