A COMPUTER hacker who infected to a greater extent than than 2300 computers amongst a virus capable of stealing banking details did non accept serious criminal intentions, a courtroom has heard.
Today, lawyers for Anthony Scott Harrison told the District Court his "youthful curiosity" had led him into hacking into the computers of others to bag money.
"Using the Google search engine he learnt all he could nearly hacking," Harrison's lawyer, John Edwards, said.
"He did non get hacking amongst serious criminal intentions ... because he was unemployed he together with thus utilised his hacking skills to render money.
"Underlying his initial attraction to hacking was non theft or greed, merely was youthful curiosity."
Harrison, 21, of Blackforest, has pleaded guilty to 1 count of modifying calculator information to crusade impairment or inconvenience, ii counts of possession or command of information to commit serious calculator offences together with 1 count of dishonestly manipulating a machine.
The courtroom heard the charges took State together with Federal police pull 4 months to investigate together with were the showtime to accomplish judgement inward the District Court.
Mr Edwards said Harrison's had decease immersed inward the cyber-fantasy the world together with "naively" began experimenting amongst hacking.
He said Harrison had used mortal else's banking concern details to purchase a Coles voucher, together with had transferred coin into his ain account.
"There's a deviation betwixt what Harrison had the capacity to produce together with what he truly did every bit right away theft together with benefiting himself is concerned," Mr Edwards said.
"This was never going to live on a large scale criminal venture involving him stealing large amounts of money."
The courtroom heard Harrison was no longer using computers.
Tracey Nelson, prosecuting, said Harrison had infected 2370 computers together with could accept infected numerous others.
"It was to a greater extent than a illustration of what could accept been the potential had this gone undetected," she said.
"Had this gone whatever farther it could accept been quite devastating."
Ms Nelson said in that place was a involve to deter others from hacking "as whatever of us could decease victims of this type of offending really very easily".Harrison volition live on sentenced adjacent month.
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