British Facebook hacker faces eight months in jail
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | Author: admin
A 26-year-old British hacker who broke in to Facebook’s internal networks has been sentenced to eight months behind bars.
Glenn Mangham, who had admitted breaking into Facebook’s systems between April and May 2011, had claimed he was an “ethical hacker”, attempting to show the company how it could improve its security.
According to widespread reports Judge Alistair McCreath rejected that explanation, and told Mangham that his actions could have been “utterly disastrous” for Facebook.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Facebook spent $200,000 dealing with the aftermath of Mangham’s attack.
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