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12 Years Old And Guilty Of Hacking Government Websites

03:05 Wednesday Oct 30, 2013

            

Boy pleads guilty to hacking government websites for groups, including Anonymous

A 12-year-old Canadian pleaded guilty to hacking government and police websites in return for the promise of free video games from the notorious Internet hacking group, Anonymous. 

According to The Toronto Sun, the boy whose actions were not politically motivated, appeared in youth court this week in connection to three charges stemming from the successful hacking of websites belonging to the Montreal police, the Quebec Institute of Public Health, the Chilean government, and other, non-public entities.

The attacks occurred during a spring 2012 mass student protest regarding a government proposal to raise university tuition.  The uprising was reportedly supported by numerous, outside organizations that now – according to testimony in the child’s court proceedings – apparently include Anonymous.

Police pegged the price of the damage at $60,000. The resident of the Montreal suburb of Notre-Dame-de-Grace crashed some of the concerned sites, and also, according to The Sun, hijacked user and administrator information then it turned over to Anonymous.

"It's easy to hack, but do not go there too much, they will track you down," the boy reportedly warned others at the time.

What is really alarming is that it seems like these notorious internet hacking groups will stop at nothing in the attempt to achieve their agendas.

 

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