U.S. Charges Suspected Activist Hacker

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http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-charges-suspected-activist-hacker-1402950397

By Andrew Grossman
The Wall Street Journal
June 16, 2014

Federal prosecutors announced a criminal charge against a 20-year-old 
Tennessee man allegedly associated with a group of activist hackers that 
targeted companies and universities, including Bell Canada and the 
University of Virginia.

Timothy French allegedly conspired with a computer hacking group called 
NullCrew to breach servers at Bell Canada, taking 12,000 customer 
usernames and passwords and posting them online.

Mr. French was also allegedly involved in the theft of emails, usernames 
and passwords from the University of Virginia and data broker Spokeo in 
April, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Chicago in early 
June and Twitter messages posted by the NullCrew account. The charges were 
unsealed last week.

Mr. French is charged with conspiring to hack into a protected computer 
and cause damage.

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