The 15-year-old hacker mixed up in the Mediterranean Sea: A teenager from Italy gained access to several internet portals in Italy, which allowed him change tanker routes and other ships. Parents about the unusual occupation of their son had no idea. The change of sea routers naturally interested the services that identified the 15-year-old and sent to the court for minors in Bologna.
It was not the first “attack”: Interestingly, the teenager began his adventure with hacking because he wanted change your grades to higher and avoid resit examinations in September. And he succeeded. He conducted effective break -in into systems belonging to the Ministry of Education and Merit. He gathered “dry”, but driven by educational success went a step further and broke into the mentioned marine systems. However, he was caught on this.
The services caught up with a teenager: Italian media describes that it is because of the strange changes in trade ships routes that The prosecutor's office began to investigate on “navigation safety”. Cyber security specialists and tracked down a 15-year-old quickly dealt with the matter. During the investigation, it was discovered that the hacker also attacked educational systems, his computer was secured.
Warning for Italy? – an example of an imprudent teenager from Italy It should be a warning For all teams for cyber security, because it shows that they should put the safety of their organizations in the first place – notes Krzysztof Budziński from Marken Antiviral Systems, the Polish Bitdefender software distributor. – You never know if a beginner cybercriminkeeper will not check their security and whether he does not compromise a given company or organization – he adds.
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Sources: Bitdefender, sapere.virgilio.it