British 15-year-old arrested charged with hacking attempt on FBI computers

15 year old hacker

A 15-year-old British schoolboy has been captured in Glasgow for professedly attempting to hack into the US Federal Investigation Bureau's (FBI) PC framework.

He could confront removal and detainment in the wake of being blamed for endeavoring to get to the high-security PC system. US authorities from the security benefit supposedly traveled to Scotland, where the kid lives, to administer his capture.

The authorities likewise sat in on neighborhood police interviews with the kid.

Police affirmed the capture, addressing and discharge, saying he was captured under the Computer Misuse Act, which covers endeavored hacking of secure systems.

A Police Scotland representative said: "After a hunt of a property in the Glasgow range on Tuesday, February 16, a 15-year-old male was captured regarding claimed offenses under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

"He has following been discharged and is the subject of a report to the procurator monetary. It is improper to remark further as of now."

It comes days after East Midlands Police captured a 16-year-old why should associated be the genius with a digital assault on the US government. He is accepted to be the programmer who accessed the individual email record of the leader of the CIA.

Another British programmer, Gary McKinnon, was likewise stuck in an unfortunate situation with the US powers before the end of last year.

Hacktivist bunch Anonymous named McKinnon the "most unsafe programmer ever" after he broke into very nearly 100 NASA and Pentagon PCs, where he close down systems, erased documents and stole passwords.

In December, Anonymous said he was the best "Black Hat" hacker on the planet, a term used to depict programmers who partake in illicit hacking.

He was because of be removed by the US, however Home Secretary Theresa May hindered the move, refering to human rights laws and the guilty party's Asperger's disorder.


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