http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-charges-suspected-activist-hacker-1402950397
By Andrew Grossman
The Wall Street Journal
June 16, 2014
Federal prosecutors announced a criminal charge against a 20-year-old
Tennessee man allegedly associated with a group of activist hackers that
targeted companies and universities, including Bell Canada and the
University of Virginia.
Timothy French allegedly conspired with a computer hacking group called
NullCrew to breach servers at Bell Canada, taking 12,000 customer
usernames and passwords and posting them online.
Mr. French was also allegedly involved in the theft of emails, usernames
and passwords from the University of Virginia and data broker Spokeo in
April, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Chicago in early
June and Twitter messages posted by the NullCrew account. The charges were
unsealed last week.
Mr. French is charged with conspiring to hack into a protected computer
and cause damage.
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