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FBI website hacker Charlton Floate, 19, facing jail for cyber attacks

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Dissent

Ross McCarthy reports:

A teenage hacker who brought down FBI and Home Office websites from his family home in Solihull has been warned he faces jail.

Charlton Floate, 19, used his internet expertise to target the US and British government sites, causing them to crash.

The teenager, of Starbold Crescent, Knowle, previously admitted three charges under the Computer Misuse Act and also three of possessing prohibited images.

In a basis of plea, Floate claimed he had only been on the periphery of a conspiracy, whose main role had been to publicise the collapse of the sites.

But this was rejected by Mr Recorder John Steel QC who said there was clear evidence he had organised the attacks on the UK government and FBI websites – seen as the ‘Holy Grail’ for hackers.

Read more on Birmingham Mail.

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