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Student admits carrying out high-profile cyber attacks

A student has admitted carrying out a string of high-profile cyber attacks on the websites of several multi-national firms.

Wed, 26 Jul, 2017 - 14:27

A student has admitted carrying out a string of high-profile cyber attacks on the websites of several multi-national firms.

Jack Chappell, 19, of Stockport, committed Distributed Denial of Software (DDoS) attacks on NatWest bank, the National Crime Agency, Vodafone, the BBC, BT, 02 and Amazon.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Manchester Person: Jack Chappell Person: Chappell Person: Yarden Bidani Person: Itay Huri Person: Jesse Wu Person: Judge Person: John Potter Person: Bidani Person: Huri Organisation: Stockport Organisation: Distributed Denial of Software Organisation: NatWest bank Organisation: National Crime Agency Organisation: Vodafone Organisation: BBC Organisation: BT Organisation: 02 Organisation: Amazon Organisation: T-Mobile Organisation: EE Organisation: Sprint Organisation: University of California San Diego Organisation: UCSD Organisation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Organisation: Verizon Organisation: Minshull Street Crown Court Organisation: vDos Organisation: NatWest Online Banking Organisation: Pornhub Organisation: Netflix Organisation: Virgin Media Organisation: West Midlands Police Organisation: Regional Cyber Crime Unit Organisation: Israeli police Organisation: FBI Organisation: Europol's European Cybercrime Centre

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