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Computer hacker fined £21,000

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Keith Mathieson

A computer hacker who admitted offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 has been fined £21,000 and given a 36-week prison sentence suspended for two years. Daniel Woo, a Bulgarian national of Hans Crescent, London SW1, had been caught installing password-capturing software on the campus network ... read more

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