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25-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Military Satellite Phone System

Sean Caffrey, 25, admitted to breaking into a U.S. military communications system in June 2014. He accessed the personal information of hundreds of military personnel. The FBI and the Department of Defense collaborated in the investigation with the UK authorities. The hacker pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court Thursday to one offense under the Britain’s anti-hacking law, the Computer Misuse Act, the UK’s National Crime Agency announced on Thursday. The breach cost the Pentagon about $628,000 to fix the damages caused by the hack.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/british-hacker-military-system.html

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