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18-year-old hacker convicted in New Zealand
by Dave Keating | April 1, 2008 at 05:08 am | 253 views | add comment
Amazing that someone so young could commit such an enormously complex crime.
A New Zealand teenager accused of involvement in an international cyber-crimering which skimmed millions of dollars from bank accounts has been convictedof illegal computer hacking.
Owen Thor Walker, 18, allegedly led a group of hackers who used his programmesto send malicious software to and steal data from at least 1.3 millioncomputers worldwide, resulting in losses of US$20 million (£10.1 million).
Mr Walker, who was arrested as part of an FBI investigation in December,yesterday pleaded guilty to six charges relating to using computers forillegal purposes.
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April 1, 2008 at 05:08 am by Dave Keating, 253 views, add comment


