Mumsnet hack update - police have charged someone

[JustineMumsnet]

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

I still don't get what's wrong with staying in your bedroom, eating wotsits, wanking and sobbing. That's what the school spanners did in my day.

Good.

Silly boy.

My policeman friend said they would make the effort find him because of the swatting (even if he hasn't been charged for that).

Jesus, some of you need to catch yourselves on.

Go and watch in the public gallery? Seriously?
It was a DDOS attack, not a major plot line in a John Grisham novel.

When John Terry had his court case, there was a Mumsnet poster in court then, it was very, very funny indeed (though possibly unintentionally).

Brilliant

what an idiot! He must be pretty bright to organise what he did (the hacking) and he's wasted that talent in doing something illegal and stupid. Shame he couldn't use his talents to do something useful!

I'm so glad the police got him though.

Ohhh no way...I live in Haslemere - but I'm not the owner of a 17 year old!!

He must be pretty bright to organise what he did

I don't think what he did was that difficult plus Mumsnt had left a window open.

Fantastic

feel sorry foe them now if they're teenagers and have ruined their lives. Perhaps they should have thought about that before doing what they did. They caused panic on here amongst posters with the hacking and swatting attacks, many hours of lost time for MNHQ trying to apease posters and sort this out. I seriously don't understand the sympathy. And bright? Because they hacked a website? Pathetic, more like.

I don't feel sorry for them. They caused a lot of people a lot of stress and there was a hateful element to it because they pretended they were posing for MRAs which brought back the F4J nightmare and posted things like RIP Mumsnet.

And they swatted Justine AND just a regular mumsnetter. I'm surprised they haven't been arrested for that too seeing as they admitted it on their twitter feed.

Good!

Not as untraceable as he thought!

Bet he shit his little pants when the police caught up with him.

Great news!

I don't feel sorry for them, they clearly had malicious intentions.

I don't feel sorry for them. They're misogynist arseholes.

It was a DDOS attack, not a major plot line in a John Grisham novel.

Except it wasn't just a DDOS attack was it?

I don't feel sorry for them in the slightest.

I've read the DM item (thank goodness otherwise how would I have know how much Justine's house was worth ).
Just a question but what if Jeffery turns 18 between the offence and going to court, would he be tried as an adult?

Also, did they interview the other (middle class according to the Mail) victim.

I wonder if it was police work or his mum reported him.

Anyway, it caused financial upset to Mumsnet, as well as the holders of the accounts he hacked.
Maybe not at a bank scale, but still a crime, and I think of interest for those who are on this site and particularly those who had their passwords published.

Pipbin it goes on the age at the time of the offence. And there are no public observers in youth courts.

Great news. I just wish swatting rhymed with twatting.

Glad they have been charged and will appear in court. I hope Justine and the other family who were traumatised during the horrendous incidents are ok and have justice done for them!

About bloody time. Thanks for the update HQ

Oooh I really hope unnamed magistrate relative is sitting that day...

Thanks for updating us. But should you be allowing comments before the individual concerned has been tried?