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UK man faces five charges for repeated Facebook hacks

A 25-year-old UK man has been charged with five counts of illegal hacking for repeatedly penetrating the security defenses of Facebook. Glenn Steven Mangham of York was accused of engaging in a hacking spree against Facebook earlier this year. From April 27 to May 9, he allegedly targeted at least three different services used …

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Anonymous Coward

Prison is a learning experience

This chap should get a good education while in prison.

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Meh

Hmmmmm

“repeatedly hacked into a Facebook 'puzzle server' using software he had downloaded.”

Users' personal data wasn't compromised in the hacks, a Facebook spokesman said.

Translated: He was not very good at it then.

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Script kiddy

See title. Downloaded software, did what it said on the tin. Couldn't take it any further.

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FAIL

"He was not very good at it then."

He got caught, ipso facto he was shit at it.

Anonymous Coward

I expect the US will want to extradite him

as he is clearly an evil and dangerous terrorist.

60 years for each charge should be about right.

Big Brother

Facebook servers

are in America are they not?

shouldn't he be extradited like they want Mr McNinnon to be?

Boffin

Must have only use 6 proxies

n/t

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