Teen Pleads Guilty To £10m Hacker Crime
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand teenager was convicted Tuesday for his central role in a global cyber-crime ring which infected at least 1.3 million computers worldwide and caused millions of dollars in losses.
Owen Thor Walker, 18, allegedly led a group of international hackers who used his programmes to access personal data, send viruses around the world and commit other crimes, causing losses of 20 million US dollars, police say.
The thin, long-haired teenager pleaded guilty to six computer crimes in a court in Thames, near his home south o