World's No 1 hacker convicted: 17-year-old leader of an online crime group

by ray0088 on 2008-04-02 17:54:38

Nicknamed "Top Killer", 18-year-old New Zealand youth Owen Thor Walker, who led a transnational Internet crime syndicate, admitted to several charges in court on April 1st and was found guilty. This gang illegally infiltrated approximately 1.3 million computers worldwide using "zombie programs", stealing a large amount of fund account information and causing losses of 26 million New Zealand dollars (approximately 20 million US dollars)...