Tuesday, 1. April 2008
Topic: SECURITY - on April 1, 2008 at 12:20:00 PM CEST
Teenager guilty of million-dollar hacking campaign
A New Zealand teenager accused of leading an international ring of computer hackers which skimmed millions of dollars from bank accounts was today convicted of illegal computer hacking.
Owen Thor Walker, 18, pleaded guilty yesterday to six charges related to using computers for illegal purposes. Police allege that he led a group of hackers who took control of 1.3m computers around the world without their owners' knowledge.
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