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

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.

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.

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 ?

17 year olds can be fathers. And abusive too.

There's really nothing positive about this whole situation.

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

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

Thanks, you must be relieved.

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

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.

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.

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

Yay!

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

I still want to know who Simon was!

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

Wonder if his parent/s are MNers

Hi all,

Just a quick post to let you know that we're going to have to delete anything that might prejudice a fair trial, such as posts assuming guilt; hope you'll understand?

Please try and be careful with what you post.

Thank you

Oh no I will rephrase.

So there's a chance it could maybe, possibly, allegedly have been somebody called Dave and not Jeff.

This is mentioned on the BBC news website.

yy, it's not the name as such, it's the assumptions of guilt that will be removed.

It does say that the two 17 year olds who were interviewed under caution have been eliminated from the enquiry.

There's another article HERE about the case.