Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 notorious pro-Palestinian hacking grouping behind a serial of embarrassing hacks against U.S.A. intelligence officials too leaked the personal details of 20,000 FBI agents, 9,000 Department of Homeland Security officers, too about release of DoJ staffers inwards 2015.
Believe or not, the leader of this hacking grouping was simply 15-years-old when he used "social engineering" to impersonate CIA manager too unauthorisedly access highly sensitive information from his Leicestershire home, revealed during a courtroom hearing on Tuesday.
Kane Gamble, instantly 18-year-old, the British teenager hacker targeted too then CIA manager John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, FBI deputy manager Mark Giuliano, every bit good every bit other senior FBI figures.
Between June 2015 too Feb 2016, Gamble posed every bit Brennan too tricked telephone phone centre too helpline staff into giving away broadband too cable passwords, using which the squad also gained access to plans for intelligence operations inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan too Iran.
The teenager also taunted his victims too their families, released their personal details, bombarded them amongst calls too messages, downloaded too installed pornography onto their computers too took command of their iPads too TV screens.
He also made hoax calls to Brennan's domicile too took command of his wife’s iPad.
At 1 point, Gamble also sent DHS secretarial assistant Johnson a photograph of his missy too said he would f*** her, phoned his wife, leaving a voicemail message which said: "Hi Spooky, am I scaring you?," too fifty-fifty managed to teach the message "I ain you" on the couple's domicile television.
Gamble was arrested inwards Feb 2016 at his council domicile inwards Coalville too concluding Oct he pleaded guilty to 8 charges of "performing a run amongst intent to secure unauthorised access" too ii charges of "unauthorised change of calculator material."
Gamble said he targeted the United States of America authorities because he was "getting to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than annoyed nearly how corrupt too cold-blooded the United States of America Government" was too "decided to produce something nearly it."
Gamble's defense said he was technically gifted but emotionally young too has an autistic spectrum disorder, at the fourth dimension of his offending, he had the mental evolution of a 12 or 13-year-old.
Also, the defense said, at no indicate did Gamble endeavor to lucre from his actions.
Out of 10 counts, Gamble previously admitted 8 charges of performing a run amongst intent to secure unauthorised access.
The teenager volition last sentenced when the hearing resumes at a afterwards date.
Two other members of Crackas With Attitude hacking group, Andrew Otto Boggs too Justin Gray Liverman, were arrested yesteryear FBI inwards September 2016 too had already been sentenced to five years inwards federal prison.
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