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UK man arrested over VTech hack

article published on 15 December, 2015

Authorities in the UK have arrested a 21-year-old man in London in connection with the VTech hack that left the personal data of 6.4 million children exposed. The man could be charged with violating the Computer Misuse Act of 1990, even though there is no evidence that the man sold the data after taking it. VTech, the Chinese company that builds educational toys for kids, was easily ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		16. December 2015 @ 14:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, assuming Vtech is in China, how is this person getting arrested for doing said hacking in the UK? Moreover, why is this person getting arrested for hacking the Chinese when the Chinese hack the shit out of everyone else?


Priorities a little outta whack hmmmm???
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