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Man gets 18 months in federal prison for repeated racist phone calls made to a church_我的网站

一 |     BILLINGS, Mont. -- A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making repeated threatening and racist phone calls to a Billings church for two years after he went there seeking help and received a gift card from a Black employee, prosecutors said.Joshua Leon Hiestand, 41, was sentenced Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana. Hiestand pleaded guilty in June to making harassing telephone calls. A stalking charge was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.“When Hiestand, a white man, went to a Billings church looking for help, an elderly African American woman who worked there responded with kindness and assistance," U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a statement. "In return and for nearly two years, Hiestand launched a barrage of harassing, hateful and racist calls and voicemails at her and the church. His racist conduct isn't just abhorrent, it is illegal.”Prosecutors alleged Hiestand went to the Presbyterian church in November 2020 seeking help. Five days later, the church received a voicemail in which someone, using a racially derogatory term, said he would give more money to the church if the church did not employ an African American. After three similar calls, the woman called Billings police.A detective called the number used to leave the messages and spoke to Hiestand, who admitted making the calls and apologized for his behavior, prosecutors said. He was told to have no further contact with the church. Three days later, he left a voicemail with the church in which he apologized, court records said.However, over the next 19 months Hiestand called and left a series of voicemails at the church that were at times threatening and racially hostile, prosecutors said. Investigators determined that after January 2021, Hiestand was placing the calls from outside the state of Montana.Hiestand was arrested in November 2022 in Indiana and has remained in custody since then.Hiestand’s public defender Gillian Gosch asked for a sentence of time served, arguing her client's actions were affected by his mental health issues, which have resulted in psychiatric hospitalizations and which appear to be worsened by his use of illegal substances.The Bureau of Prisons will decide whether Hiestand will receive credit for the 11 months he has already been in custody, officials said.Hiestand remained in custody in the Yellowstone County jail on Monday.。据Electrek称，特斯拉多年来一直与白帽黑客密切合作，以提高其汽车软件的安全性。今天，该公司在黑客竞赛中提供了一个引人注目的奖励，成功入侵Model3安全系统的黑客可以获得这个奖励。特斯拉是第一家参与Pwn2own黑客攻击的汽车制造商，由Trend Micro旗下的Zero Day Initiative（ZDI）团队运营。特斯拉承诺，黑客竞赛的获胜者将获得模型3。特斯拉汽车软件公司副总裁刘大卫说：“我们的汽车在各个方面都有最高的安全标准，我们与安全研究机构的合作对我们来说是无价的。自2014年启动安全漏洞奖励计划以来，我们一直在增加与安全研究人员合作的投资，以确保所有特斯拉车主都能继续受益。我们期待着在pwn2own上的发现，以便我们能够继续改进我们的产品和我们设计固有安全系统的方式。”据知情人士透露，过去四年，特斯拉一直在维护一个安全漏洞奖励计划，公司向黑客提供了数十万美元。他们在系统中发现了漏洞。去年，特斯拉将最高奖金提高到了15000美元，并采取了主要措施来平息汽车车主对黑客攻击的恐惧。

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