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One of Britain’s most notorious cyber criminals hacked into a prison computer system from inside jail – after he was allowed to join an IT class.
Nicholas Webber, 21, jailed for five years in 2011 for masterminding a multi-million-pound internet crime site, triggered the security scare during a lesson.
It is understood his actions caused ‘major panic’ but it is not clear what, if anything, he managed to access.
Nicholas Webber started his hacking activity at Bradfield College in Berkshire, where he deleted friends' detentions from school records
it is not clear what, if anything, he managed to access.
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
reply to post by gladtobehere
He was in for selling stolen credit card info. You shouldn't like him at all.
Originally posted by nomnom
reply to post by H1ght3chHippie
Yea, the term, "hacker" is very loosely used these days. I recall a guy on ATS openly claimed to be a "hacker" You don't do that. It means he was an amateur idiot with a computer
Originally posted by nomnom
reply to post by H1ght3chHippie
Yea, the term, "hacker" is very loosely used these days. I recall a guy on ATS openly claimed to be a "hacker" You don't do that. It means he was an amateur idiot with a computer
Just as computer programming has been dumbed down, so has "hacking".
They say he hacked the "mainframe" but don't know what he actually accessed ?
Originally posted by nomnom
reply to post by GrandStrategy
They're not hackers, or are idiots.