Teenage hacker jailed for masterminding attacks on Sony and Microsoft
by Press Association from Technology | The Guardian on (#2M944)
Adam Mudd jailed for two years for creating attack-for-hire business responsible for more than 1.7m breaches worldwide
A man has been jailed for two years for setting up a computer hacking business that caused chaos worldwide.
Adam Mudd was 16 when he created the Titanium Stresser program, which carried out more than 1.7m attacks on websites including Minecraft, Xbox Live and Microsoft and TeamSpeak, a chat tool for gamers.
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