He was charged for assisting ISIL via blog and Twitter posts about encryption and Bitcoin.
He stood motionless as the sentence was handed down to him by U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton.
According to the prosecutors, Amins sentencing clearly shows the governments aggressive stance towards confronting ISIS.
He said: I made my decisions, and I am prepared to bear their fullest consequences.
MORE AND MORE, THEIR PROPAGANDA IS SEEPING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND REACHING THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
Amin apparently helped another Virginia teen travel to Syria to join the ISIS.
Alleging that Amin radicalized Niknejad to fight abroad, prosecutors said he affected worldwide security.
He is believed to still be overseas.
Junkie was known as the mastermind behind every high-profile cyber attack carried out by CyberCaliphate hacking group.
source: www.techworm.net
