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Teenager May Face Appeal Over Email Attacks
News The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering appealing a judge's decision that a teenager who was accused of bombarding a former employer with millions of emails had no case to answer. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons...
[January 5, 2006, 12:00]
Teenager Cleared Of Email Attack Charge
News A British teenager has been cleared of launching a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against his former employer, in a ruling that delivers another blow to the Computer Misuse Act. The teenager greeted the news with relief, although an appeal by the...
[November 2, 2005, 15:35]
Teenager Jailed For Web Attacks
News A US teenager has been jailed for five years after launching attacks against online sportswear retailers. Jasmine Singh, who was sentenced last week, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of computer theft after causing DDoS attacks...
[August 17, 2005, 16:55]
Teenager Admits Writing Sasser Worm
News A German teenager has pleaded guilty to creating the Sasser computer virus. Despite the damage caused by Jaschen's malware, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, hopes that the teenager isn't sent to prison.
[July 5, 2005, 17:35]
Teenager Admits EBay Domain Hijack
News The teenager said he did not want to cause damage. In May this year another teenager from Lower Saxony was arrested on suspicion of creating the Sasser computer worm that infected millions of computers worldwide.
[September 6, 2004, 15:35]
Teenager Detained For EBay Fraud
News A teenager who used Internet auction site eBay to defraud over one hundred people was sentenced to twelve months detention and training on Wednesday. Phillip Shortman, 18, of Pontypool, South Wales, obtained over £45,000 by selling goods that didn...
[May 4, 2005, 13:55]
Irish Hack Attack Lands Teenager In Trouble
News Police investigators in Ireland are questioning a teenager following the country's first major hack attack. The teenager was released the same day without charges and investigators will present evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions before...
[August 29, 2000, 10:10]
Trojan Defence Acquits British Teenager
News The UK teenager accused of launching a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) on the Port of Houston's IT systems was found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Friday of unauthorised modification of computer material.
[October 17, 2003, 12:58]
Swedish Teenager Quizzed Over NASA Hack
News The FBI is questioning a teenager in Sweden in connection with a hacking attack on a number of high security computer systems that include the US military and NASA. It is still unknown whether the teenager worked alone or with others.
[May 11, 2005, 15:25]
News Burst: Irish Hack Attack Lands Teenager In Trouble
News Police investigators in Ireland have questioned a teenager following a computer attack on the country's largest Internet service provider Eircom, earlier this month. The assault was carried out on 17 August and forced Eircom to alter 30,000 of its...
[August 29, 2000, 9:27]
Teenager Admits EBay Domain Hijack
Talkback I just went through a month of problems with my system due to a virus and it was hell! Dell kept referring me to Microsoft; Microsoft referred me to my DSL provider; they directed me to AOL - it was a circus.
[September 6, 2004, 22:03]
Security Firm Hires Teenager Accused Of Writing Sasser Virus
Talkback What? What is the world comming to, he'll get out of jail and there will be numerous new viruses out there and his knowledge maybe upto 5 years old. I hope he does a lot of keeping up with this subject while hes eating is fruit cocktail behind bars.
[September 20, 2004, 17:40]
Teenager Detained For EBay Fraud
Talkback I think that i have just been "had" by one of these ebay fraudsters. Exactly as described in your article, the seller talked us into paying an amount direct into their account and have now disappeared off the face of the earth.
[August 17, 2006, 9:06]
Teenager May Face Appeal Over Email Attacks
Talkback As a taxpayer and an IT worker I object to the amount of taxpayers money being wasted on this. It was obvious to all except the CPS from the beginning that sending an email does not constitute making unauthorised changes to a computer and therefore...
[January 6, 2006, 12:04]
Teenager In Court Over Email Bomb Charges
Talkback Not guilty ! Sending millions of emails is not good but it is not unauthorised access or tampering with the company server.
[November 2, 2005, 12:10]
Teenager In Court Over Email Bomb Charges
Talkback NOT GUILTY! This is poetic justice at it's most colorful and creative way.
[November 3, 2005, 3:02]
Teenager In Court Over Email Bomb Charges
Talkback Not Guilty. If he is convicted it will be despite the act, not because of it and the verdict will undoubtedly be reversed in a higher court. The fact that the guy with the charity site was convicted under the same act just shows how completely...
[November 3, 2005, 8:09]
Trojan Defence Acquits British Teenager
Talkback Can anyone, with any knowledge, really believe that an "expert" could allow his computer to become vulnerable to a trojan? I know very little about computers but I know enough to put a decent firewall and a reputable anti-virus program in place.
[October 20, 2003, 5:02]
Teenager Jailed For Web Attacks
Talkback Sending a 17 year old boy to prison for a non-violent crime is sick. But the USA with 1/4 of the world's prison population is obviously a very sick society, piss-poor in solutions: war and prison are its answer to everything.
[August 18, 2005, 12:27]
