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Germany’s Mega-Leak Takeaway: Noisy Young Hacker Got Caught

Police in Germany say a 20-year-old student has confessed to leaking personal details stolen from 1,000 German politicians, celebrities and journalists. Security experts say young hackers are more likely to get caught than nation-state attackers or organized crime gangs. But more advanced attackers can exploit the same types of flaws allegedly targeted by the suspect for more malicious ends. Cybercrime may now cost the world almost $600 billion, or 0.8 percent of global GDP, however, suffers from this paradox: No one knows just how bad it is online crime.”]

Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/germanys-mega-leak-takeaway-noisy-young-hacker-got-caught-p-2704

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