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Eugene

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Fri Apr 20, 2018, 11:37 AM Apr 2018

Two years for teen 'cyber terrorist' who targeted US officials

Source: BBC

Two years for teen 'cyber terrorist' who targeted US officials

20 April 2018

A teenager who tricked his way into obtaining the email and phone accounts of senior US intelligence officials has been sentenced.

Kane Gamble, 18, targeted CIA, FBI and US Department of Justice databases from his bedroom in Leicestershire.

The Old Bailey was told Gamble, who has admitted a number of charges, damaged the "effectiveness" of the wider law enforcement community.

He will serve two years at a youth detention centre.

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Gamble obtained "extremely sensitive" documents on military and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the court was told.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-43840075
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