Convicted Hacker Hijacks Prison Computer System
Letting a convicted hacker, incarcerated for numerous computer crimes that netted him millions, work on the prison computer system? What could possibly go wrong?
Letting a convicted hacker, incarcerated for numerous computer crimes that netted him millions, work on the prison computer system? What could possibly go wrong?
A man serving a six-year prison sentence for stealing millions of dollars through online credit card fraud recently succeeded in (surprise!) hacking into his prison's computer network, effectively paralyzing the entire system. The really incomprehensible part, though, is that officials at Ranby Prison, close to Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, gave him access to the computer.
