Corkman charged with hacking into Park Magic and threatening to release customer information

The defendant’s mother was charged with five counts of dishonestly obtaining parking credit totalling €212

David Young is also facing one count of making a demand with menaces by threatening to release information from 12,000 customers’ account with Park Magic Mobile Solutions to make a gain for himself. File photo: Larry Cummins

A major investigation by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau resulted in a Cloyne man being prosecuted under new computer crime legislation.

David Young from Cois na hAbhann, Cloyne, County Cork, appeared before Cork District Court yesterday charged with infringing security to access an information system.