25-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty To Hacking U.S. Armed Forces Satellite Telephone System

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 British figurer hacker who allegedly hacked a U.S.A. Department of Defense satellite organization inwards 2014 as well as accessed the personal information of hundreds of military machine personnel has pleaded guilty on Thursday.

Sean Caffrey, a 25-year-old resident of Sutton Coldfield inwards the West Midlands, has admitted to breaking into a U.S.A. military machine communications organization inwards June 2014 as well as stealing usernames as well as electronic mail addresses of over 800 employees as well as information from 30,000 satellite phones, the UK's National Crime Agency announced on Thursday.

The U.K. authorities arrested Caffrey inwards March 2015 later on they traced dorsum the hack to his domicile IP address, which indicates the hacker did non role whatsoever anonymity service, such equally VPN, proxy or Tor, to enshroud its track.

The NCA officials too discovered that an online messaging line of piece of employment concern human relationship linked to the Pentagon satellite organization assail was opened as well as operated from Caffrey's computer.

After a forensic exam of his seized computers, the investigators discovered the stolen information related to the U.S.A. DoD satellite on the difficult drives.

However, the U.S. authorities did non tell precisely how Caffrey successfully carried out the hack.

According to the NCA's March 2014 Lizard Squad, a hacking grouping that's responsible for many high-profile attacks, including Xbox Live as well as PlayStation.

"ISIS WARRIORS UNVEIL - We smite the Lizards, LizardSquad your fourth dimension is near. We're inwards your bases, nosotros command your satellites," the Pastebin post read. "The missiles shall rein upon thy who claim alliance, sentry your heads. TOP THE AIR-STRIKES OR WE WILL DO AS YOU DO! "

Caffrey pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court Th to 1 offense nether the Britain's anti-hacking law, the Computer Misuse Act.

According to the U.S. Defence Department, the breach terms the Pentagon most $628,000 to cook the damages caused past times the Caffrey's intrusion.

"After potent partnership working betwixt the NCA, the FBI as well as the DoD's Defense Criminal Investigative Service in that place was rattling clear, rattling compelling prove against Sean Caffrey," said Janey Young, investigations director at the NCA. 

"No 1 should intend that cyber criminal offence is victimless or that they tin instruct away amongst it. The NCA has people amongst skills similar Caffrey's, but they're doing the contrary to him inwards detecting cyber criminals as well as bringing them to justice."

The FBI as well as the Department of Defense collaborated inwards the investigation amongst the U.K. officials.

Caffery is scheduled to seem earlier the gauge for sentencing on fourteen August.

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