Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years [Mon Nov 18 2024]

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Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years

PLUS: Cost of Halliburton hack disclosed; Time to dump old D-Link NAS; More UN cybercrime convention concerns; and more

 
 

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Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years

PLUS: Cost of Halliburton hack disclosed; Time to dump old D-Link NAS; More UN cybercrime convention concerns; and more

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