Privacy and Identity Theft

Anthony Scott Harrison, 21, from the Black Forest area near Adelaide, Australia, yesterday pled guilty to computer hacking. He admitted to infecting 3,000 computers with a banking trojan that allowed him to steal online bank account login details and credit card information. He also admitted to infecting a further 74,000 computers with a bot designed for DDoS.

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