Teenager hacks AOL
01:31 - Saturday 28 April 2007 by Humphrey Cheung
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: teenager, hacks, aol Category : Miscellaneous
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: teenager, hacks, aol Category : Miscellaneous
New York (NY) - A 17-year-old boy is in custody after being arrested for hacking into AOL’s computer network. Prosecutors claim Mike Nieves accessed customer records and even infected machines with a Trojan horse program. The hacks occurred from December 24th 2006 to April 7th 2007.
Nieves faces four felonies and one misdemeanor. Prosecutors claim he caused $500,000 in damage.
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