Hacker who targeted teens sentenced to 10 years in prison
13th Nov 2006, 08:04 GMT
A hacker who used a Trojan horse program to take control of computers belonging to adolescent girls in the U.K. and Canada was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday; prosecutors in London said. Adrian Ringland, 36, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, admitted to sending Trojan horse applications through Microsoft Corp.'s instant messaging program to the girls, which then allowed him to control their computers, according to a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokeswoman. The girls, who Ringland met through chat rooms, were between 13 and 16 years old. He demonstrated his control of the girls' computers by remotely opening and closing the disc drive or turning off the monitor, while pressuring his victims to send naked photos of themselves.
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