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15-Year-Old Arrested For Hacking 259 Companies

Posted by samzenpus on from the needs-more-homework dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Austrian police have arrested a 15-year-old student suspected of hacking into 259 companies across the span of three months. Authorities allege the suspect scanned the Internet for vulnerabilities and bugs in websites and databases that he could then exploit. As soon as he was questioned, the young boy confessed to the attacks, according to Austria's Federal Criminal Police Office (BMI)."

2 of 153 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not hacking by tibman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How did he use muggles incorrectly?

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  2. In Sharia Law... by Dainsanefh · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The girl who get raped is guilty of adultery.

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