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UK: Plymouth boy, 15, charged over global cyber-attacks

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Dissent

BBC reports:

A 15-year-old British boy has been charged over cyber-attacks on international websites and bomb hoaxes against US airlines, police have said.

The boy, from Plymouth, is accused of offences related to service attacks on websites in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.

Charges against him also relate to bomb hoaxes placed with North American airlines via social media, police said.

He has been bailed to appear before Plymouth Youth Court.

Read more on BBC.  The police statement can be found here.

Anyone know what his Twitter handle was or who this is? Is this the teen identified as @RansomTheThug back in January? If you have any information, please e-mail breaches[at]databreaches.net


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