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19-Year-Old Teen Steals $150,000 by Hacking into Airline’s Website

A 19-year-old Chinese teenager hacked into a Chinese airline website and illegally downloaded 1.6 million passengers bookings details. The teenager, identified as Zhang from Heilongjiang, north-east China, made approximately 1.1 Million Yuan (..110,000 or $150,000) by hacking into the official website of an airline and using the stolen booking information to defraud hundreds of passengers. The incident took place from 31 July to 20 August this year, and the suspect was arrested by the police on November in Dalian, north China.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/12/airline-tickets-hacked.html

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