An odd kind of cybercrime: Gift vouchers, medical records, and...food

Someone with a gift for technology but a nasty habit of using it for very bad things has been spared from going to jail with a suspended sentence. Peter Foy, 18 at the time of his antics, racked up a remarkable, and slightly peculiar, list of compromises before being brought before the court. A...

Paypal hacker escaped jail

In London today, an 18-year-old anonymous hacker received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and a 60-hour unpaid work requirement for his involvement in "Operation Payback". One strike against Paypal alone cost the site £3.5 million pounds. But Jake Birchall escaped jail today after the judg...