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TalkTalk Hacker Paying 4000K: Popular IG Account Hijacked. - Mad-Architect - 08-19-2019
A teen hacker by the name of Elliott Guntun, pleaded guilty to breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, Computer Misuse Act, as well money laundering. He had breached a popular IG account; following a hack on Australian based telco company, Telstra.
Guntun was also money laundering, when the police raided his residence, they found over 400K pounds worth of BTC. Mr. Guntun was ordered to hand it all over.
While Mr. Guntun was sentenced to 20 months in prison, but was freed on time spent in prison on remand, alongside this, 3.5 year community order was imposed to restrict his technology use.
Original article can be found here. [Original author: Gareth Corfield]
That is the news folks, have a good week, and stay safe out there.
--Mad-Architect