Hacker jailed for stealing identities of 8 million UK citizens

Edward Pearson, 23, jailed for two years and two months for 20-month hacking spree. Stole personal details of 8,110,434 UK adults, including 2,701 active credit card numbers. Also stole details of 200,000 PayPal users and Nokia staff. Data was taken between 1 January 2010 and 30 August 2011, some of it using the popular Zeus and SpyEye Trojans. If printed out double-sided, this database would have consumed 67,500 pages of A4 paper.”]

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