DIY Hacking Tool<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe court heard that Batson had downloaded the readily available Sentry MBA automated cyberattack tool to assist with his credential-stuffing plan before joining a WhatsApp group devoted to hacking under the alias \u201cRosegold.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judge Jeffrey Pegden said Batson had targeted \u201ca large honorable organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Your offending took place over a relatively short period in the second half of 2016,” said Pegden. “In my view, the gravity of your offending does not lie in the gravity of the loss occasioned by the hacking and the fraud that indeed was low.\u201d<\/p>\n
Batson was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in May 2017. He initially denied his involvement, claiming his own devices had been hacked and his identity stolen.<\/p>\n
But officers quickly uncovered the WhatsApp group in which Batson was seen to be discussing the buying and selling of usernames and passwords, suggesting he was not planning to call it quits at \u00a35.<\/p>\n
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A Londoner who hacked the UK National Lottery website to steal sensitive customer information has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Prosecutors said Anwar Batson used \u201ccredential stuffing\u201d to launch the attack in late 2016. This involves using lists of usernames and passwords stolen in previous data breaches to gain unauthorized access to user […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":124347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Prison for Hacker who Attacked UK National Lottery Database for \u00a35<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n