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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 333 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uk teen worlds youngest certified ethical hacker maybe comments Discuss  
Born to tinkerFor as long as he can remember, Shane Kelly has taken a keen interest in taking things apart. When he was 11 and his family took delivery of its first PC, he promptly pulled off the cover and disassembled it, much to the chagrin of his parents.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 332 days ago
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/10/certified_ethical_hacker/By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register10th February 2008For as long as he can remember, Shane Kelly has taken a keen interest in taking things apart. When he was 11 and his family took delivery of its first PC, he promptly pulled off the cover and disassembled it, much to the chagrin of his parents."They weren't too impressed at the time," Kelly, who is now 16, says. "But I put it back together. It worked."A few month read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 332 days ago
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Gets firm with firmwareA teen hacker known for his deftness with iPhones has figured out how to unlock models running the latest firmware versions by cracking a protection that that has frustrated hackers for weeks.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 331 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: thievin teen botherder admits infecting military computers comments Discuss  
I was a teenage zombie masterA young hacker accused of helping to corral more than 400,000 computers into a money-making botnet has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the scheme, which he admits damaged US military computers.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 331 days ago
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/bot_herder_cops_plea/By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoThe Register12th February 2008A young hacker accused of helping to corral more than 400,000 computers into a money-making botnet has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the scheme, which he admits damaged US military computers.The defendant was identified only by the the initials B.D.H. because he was a juvenile when the crimes were committed. He is better known by the handle "SoBe" in int read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 282 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: nz teen botnet mastermind cops plea comments Discuss  
AKILL likely to avoid jailA New Zealand teenager charged with running a huge cybercrime network has pleaded guilty to computer hacking and fraud offences.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 177 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:09:11 -0500 (CDT)http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/410693.htmlTHE NEWS TRIBUNEJuly 12th, 2008thenewstribune.comThat missing Army laptop containing personal information on about 800 or 900 soldiers? Nevermind.Tumwater police told our sister paper, The Olympian, on Friday morning that they had recovered it last Saturday or Sunday, and that it was returned at some point Thursday to "the owner" - not sure yet whether t read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 128 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 02:27:25 -0500 (CDT)http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-swating_31met.ART0.West.Edition1.4ddc7cf.htmlBy JASON TRAHANThe Dallas Morning NewsAugust 31, 2008Two years ago, Matthew Weigman and his mother sat down with an FBI agent, and he was offered a second chance.The 16-year-old had a reputation in hacker circles as one of the best around. His specialty was the phone system, and he was known for conning telecom read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 92 days ago
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...of herselfA 15-year-old Ohio girl was arrested on felony child pornography charges for allegedly sending nude cell phone pictures of herself to classmates. Authorities are considering charging some of the students who received the photos as well.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 83 days ago
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Up to 10 years in the clinkA New Jersey man has admitted he participated in January's high-profile cyber attack on the Church of Scientology that took its website offline and caused as much as $70,000 worth of damage.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 51 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: us teen hacker dshocker confesses threeyear crime spree comments Discuss  
DDoS, botnets, SWAT calls, bomb threats, credit fraud...A juvenile hacker with a reputation for stirring up trouble in online gaming groups has admitted to multiple computer felonies, including cyber attacks that overwhelmed his victims with massive amounts of data and the placing of hoax emergency phone calls that elicited visits by heavily armed police teams.… read more »
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