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Mumsnet hack update - police have charged someone

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JustineMumsnet · 21/05/2016 19:30

Hello,

Many of you will remember last August’s hacking attack on Mumsnet.

I'm pleased to say that today someone has appeared in court, charged with offences related to the attacks (though not the swatting attacks) and will appear at Guildford Magistrate court on 07th June.

The Met tell us that the suspect has been charged with: “two offences of causing a computer to perform function to secure / enable unauthorised access to a program / data, contrary to section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and also one offence of unauthorised acts with intent to impair operation of or prevent / hinder access to a computer, contrary to section 3 of the Computer Misuse act 1990.”

The Met’s Cyber Crime Unit is continuing investigations into the incident, including the swatting attacks that also took place. We'll let you know as and when we hear anything further.

Thanks,
Justine

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WellWhoKnew · 23/05/2016 16:19

He's not exactly the DadSadSack of shite I'd imagined him to be.

Lweji · 23/05/2016 16:16

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 23/05/2016 16:15

I still want to know who Simon was!

Sparklingbrook · 23/05/2016 16:14

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PaulDacresMicroPenis · 23/05/2016 16:04

Details from todays court hearing here
Looks like he was 18 at the time of the hack and will be charged as an adult.

BathshebaDarkstone · 23/05/2016 10:40

Yay! Grin

NotDavidTennant · 22/05/2016 21:17

Presumably it's possible to be 17 and an MRA.

UnderTheGreenwoodTree · 22/05/2016 21:17

Yes, this is true. 'Jeffrey' himself claimed it - in an 'anonymous media interview'. Whether that was actually him or not, we don't know.

But 17yr olds can be, and are, part of the 'MRA' cause. I don't know what makes them so - perhaps it's an alternative to football/music/being an EMO- but don't assume youth and inexperience precludes them. There was a very virulent one on Twitter who was 17 that I saw. He was quite publicly made to look a fool - but people took pity on him because he was a minor.

The hackers were 4-channers, I think. There was evidence of such on the threads at the time - but they were deleted by HQ.

MistressMerryWeather · 22/05/2016 20:39

Makesomethingupyouprick, Jeffery was claiming to be a MRA. There were no suspicions, people just didn't question whether he was or not.

Which is fair enough.

BIWI · 22/05/2016 17:52

The swatting could turn out to be something different altogether, of course.

Makesomethingupyouprick · 22/05/2016 17:35

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OrlandaFuriosa · 22/05/2016 17:05

Thanks, you must be relieved.

NoahVale · 22/05/2016 16:20

How does a 17 year find the time to get so bitter ?

Agree
although I doubt he was bitter.
more a Game/challenge

Queenbean · 22/05/2016 15:50

There's really nothing positive about this whole situation.

Lweji · 22/05/2016 14:32

17 year olds can be fathers. And abusive too.

Warrior3 · 22/05/2016 14:30

Was he only 17? Wow, I thought it was some bitter father, feeling hard done by because he'd had to sell half of 'his' house after his wife left him (on mn advice) because he was abusive.

How does a 17 year find the time to get so bitter ?

Lweji · 22/05/2016 14:26

Anything that may prejudice the right to a fair trial, we'll zap.
When you say "we"...
It's really the others, isn't it? 😥

Imagine trial by MN jury. All the biscuits thrown around, all the wine consumed, all the vileness, mortifiedness, and such apt expressions.

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BeccaMumsnet · 22/05/2016 14:06

Hi everyone - with regards to right to a fair trial and online comments, we'll treat this one as we do the usual upcoming trial threads. Anything that may prejudice the right to a fair trial, we'll zap.

*The MNHQ OP is clear that the person has not been charged with anything in relation to the swatting.

And that investigations continue into both the hacking and the swatting.*

This absolutely - no one is currently on trial for the swatting.

ErgonomicallyUnsound · 22/05/2016 13:51

I love that the perpetrators are from Surrey. How appropriate

OohhItsNotHoxton · 22/05/2016 13:40

Fantastic news. Although it was all that palaver that got me back to MN. I still hope he's sitting himself tho.

Lweji · 22/05/2016 13:40

Actually, commenting on whether parents are proud or not says nothing about their parenting.
Unless they had incited the boy to do it.

nanetterose · 22/05/2016 13:37

Not nice :"his mother must be so proud"
As lovely as it would be to think we can control our teens, the sorry fact is thst his poor parents might have done everything right - and still this happened!
Very bad form to attack the parents.
I'm glad they/he has been caught, l hope it will teach him/them something.

exLtEveDallas · 22/05/2016 13:36

And the little idiots names haven't been released, so it's not in the same league as other cases in the papers.

AugustaFinkNottle · 22/05/2016 13:35

The same principle applied then, SoupDragon, and MN pulled them if they got into contempt of court territory.

SoupDragon · 22/05/2016 13:30

How about all those threads about, say, Rolf Harris before he was charged? There are lots of examples of a case being discussed.

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