And the evil mastermind of global hacking is ... a teen who lives with his mom

The 16-year-old from Oxford leads the group that has held giant companies such as Microsoft and Samsung to ransom

24 March 2022 - 20:26 By William Turton and Jordan Robertson

Cybersecurity researchers investigating a string of hacks against technology companies, including Microsoft and Nvidia, have traced the attacks to a 16-year-old living at his mother’s house near Oxford, England. ..

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