Students who hacked FG election website escape jail

Two students, who hacked Fine Gael's 2011 election website, were spared jail sentences today and have been left with clean records.

Students who hacked FG election website escape jail
Tue, 08 Oct, 2013 - 17:00

Two students, who hacked Fine Gael's 2011 election website, were spared jail sentences today and have been left with clean records.

Darren Martyn (aged 21) from Cloonbeggin, Claregalway, Galway, and 20-year-old Donnacha O Cearbhaill from The Ring, Birr, Co. Offaly were the first to be successfully prosecuted in Ireland for computer hacking.

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