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German cyber-attack: man admits massive data breach, say police
Source: The Guardian
German cyber-attack: man admits massive data breach, say police
Man, 20, driven by ‘annoyance’ at statements made by politicians and celebrities
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Tue 8 Jan 2019 13.04 GMT
A 20-year-old man has admitted to police that he was behind one of the country’s biggest data breaches, in which the private details of almost 1,000 public figures were leaked.
The man, who lives with his parents in the central German state of Hesse and is still in the education system, told police he had acted alone and was not politically motivated.
He told investigators he had been driven instead by his “annoyance” at statements made by the victims of his attacks, including politicians, journalists and leading celebrities.
Interior minister Horst Seehofer hit back at widespread criticism that authorities had been slow to solve the case and that he had been reluctant to keep the public informed.
He revealed that the hacker would not have been able to hoover up as much data as he had, had his victims had more sophisticated passwords.
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Man, 20, driven by ‘annoyance’ at statements made by politicians and celebrities
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Tue 8 Jan 2019 13.04 GMT
A 20-year-old man has admitted to police that he was behind one of the country’s biggest data breaches, in which the private details of almost 1,000 public figures were leaked.
The man, who lives with his parents in the central German state of Hesse and is still in the education system, told police he had acted alone and was not politically motivated.
He told investigators he had been driven instead by his “annoyance” at statements made by the victims of his attacks, including politicians, journalists and leading celebrities.
Interior minister Horst Seehofer hit back at widespread criticism that authorities had been slow to solve the case and that he had been reluctant to keep the public informed.
He revealed that the hacker would not have been able to hoover up as much data as he had, had his victims had more sophisticated passwords.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/germany-data-breach-man-held-in-suspected-hacking-case
