New Zealand Teen Charged in Global Hacking Case

A New Zealand teenager allegedly at the center of an international cyber crime network appeared in court where he was charged with computer hacking crimes. Computer programmer Owen Thor Walker, 18, was charged with two counts of accessing a computer for dishonest purpose, damaging or interfering with a computer system and possessing software for committing crime, and two counts of accessing a computer system without authorization.

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