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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Thursday 18th August 2011 20:18 GMT Anonymous Coward

Prison is a learning experience

This chap should get a good education while in prison.

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Thursday 18th August 2011 21:35 GMT NoneSuch

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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1. Friday 19th August 2011 04:29 GMT Mark 65
  
  Script kiddy
  
  See title. Downloaded software, did what it said on the tin. Couldn't take it any further.
  
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2. Friday 19th August 2011 11:30 GMT adnim
  
  "He was not very good at it then."
  
  He got caught, ipso facto he was shit at it.
  
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Friday 19th August 2011 09:47 GMT 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.

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Friday 19th August 2011 12:01 GMT PsychicMonkey

Facebook servers

are in America are they not?

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

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Saturday 20th August 2011 14:15 GMT LawLessLessLaw

Must have only use 6 proxies

n/t

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