H5N1 notorious pro-Palestinian hacking grouping behind a serial of embarrassing hacks against U.S. of A. tidings officials in addition to leaked the personal details of 20,000 FBI agents, 9,000 Department of Homeland Security officers, in addition to around give away 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 in addition to unauthorisedly access highly sensitive information from his Leicestershire home, revealed during a courtroom hearing on Tuesday.
Kane Gamble, forthwith 18-year-old, the British teenager hacker targeted thence 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 in addition to Feb 2016, Gamble posed every bit Brennan in addition to tricked telephone phone centre in addition to helpline staff into giving away broadband in addition to cable passwords, using which the squad also gained access to plans for tidings operations inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan in addition to Iran.
The teenager also taunted his victims in addition to their families, released their personal details, bombarded them alongside calls in addition to messages, downloaded in addition to installed pornography onto their computers in addition to took command of their iPads in addition to TV screens.
He also made hoax calls to Brennan's dwelling in addition to took command of his wife’s iPad.
At ane point, Gamble also sent DHS secretarial assistant Johnson a photograph of his missy in addition to said he would f*** her, phoned his wife, leaving a voicemail message which said: "Hi Spooky, am I scaring you?," in addition to fifty-fifty managed to larn the message "I ain you" on the couple's dwelling television.
Gamble was arrested inwards Feb 2016 at his council dwelling inwards Coalville in addition to terminal Oct he pleaded guilty to 8 charges of "performing a component subdivision alongside intent to secure unauthorised access" in addition to ii charges of "unauthorised change of reckoner material."
Gamble said he targeted the U.S. of A. authorities because he was "getting to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than annoyed most how corrupt in addition to cold-blooded the U.S. of A. Government" was in addition to "decided to create something most it."
Gamble's defense strength said he was technically gifted but emotionally young in addition to 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 strength said, at no hollo for did Gamble endeavor to net turn a profit from his actions.
Out of 10 counts, Gamble previously admitted 8 charges of performing a component subdivision alongside intent to secure unauthorised access.
The teenager volition hold out sentenced when the hearing resumes at a afterwards date.
Two other members of Crackas With Attitude hacking group, Andrew Otto Boggs in addition to Justin Gray Liverman, were arrested past times FBI inwards September 2016 in addition to had already been sentenced to five years inwards federal prison.
