Student wins young scientist award

SOMALIA-BORN Abdusalam Abubakar, who found a way to crack the encryption system used by banks and the military to keep information secure, is this year’s BT Young Scientist of the Year.

Student wins young scientist award
Sat, 13 Jan, 2007 - 00:00
Evelyn Ring

The 16-year-old student is now looking for a more powerful computer to see how good his system is.

Abdusalam moved to Ireland two years ago to join his father who has been living in the country since 1999.

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